Has New Jersey’s Plastic Bag Ban Actually Backfired?
A study from the Freedonia Group finds that New Jersey's plastic bag ban has resulted in an increase in plastic use in the state.
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Not Too Handy: An Inconvenient Side Effect of NJ’s Plastic Bag Ban
While we're all getting used to toting our own reusable totes around in New Jersey, something else disappeared just as quickly as plastic bags did.