Plastic Bags

I came across this sign while browsing on social media, and I just had to post. The sign looks like something that store management put together and wasn't from the corporation, so it's likely just happening in this specific store.

In an effort to be environmentally friendly, the Borough of Monmouth Beach passes an ordinance to limit the use of single use plastic bags, polystyrene foam containers and plastic straws by businesses.

The proposed "plastic bag" ban begins tomorrow (5/1) in Long Beach Township.

With Earth Day approaching on Saturday, I decided to write a blog about plastic shopping bags. When I was in San Diego in November, the grocery clerk was telling everyone to start bringing their own bags due to what happened on Election Night...

It's a one-two punch for the environment ~Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club
Under a bill recently passed by a New Jersey Assembly committee  ... residents will have to pay five cents for every plastic or paper bag used to take groceries home...