I guess common sense littering laws are off the table? Just ban everything....BTW, what’s next? Snacks in single use plastic can’t be sold? Bags of potato chips? Bags of fruit? More “can’t comply your way to better times”.
Makes a lot of sense. Thin paper or plastic bags no good. Thick heavy cardboard, that’s ok!
Ban away......it still ain’t gonna help that craphole
BYOB
Laws like this cause some people to deliberately pollute just in spite.
I have been using plastic bags as a fake wasp nest. Seems to be working so far - probably until they get used to it. Works for the paper wasps. Not sure yet if it works for the yellow ones. Put one out on a flowering tree this morning. We will see.
I have collected tens of thousands of plastic bags and will be releasing them into the environment to choke whales and clog streams and take up landfill space. Join me.
When do the folks yell that they have had enough of the government controlling their lives in every little thing they do? Answer, never. Most have been conditioned to accept every loss of freedom that the government imposes on them. And like stupid sheep they accept it.
biden’s “disinformation” gestapo will be looking for the people who don’t accept it, and who complain about it.
I hope you realize there’s more coming after this, don’t you? This is only the start. More on the way. They ain’t finished with us. How many more ways can I say what they plan to do?
I yam gonna patent my special triple strength all aluminum foil bag.
All New Jersey retail, grocery, and pharmacy stores, along with restaurants and other food service businesses, are banned from giving out single-use plastic bags, as well as foam containers, though there are some exceptions.
What about switching to paper bags? Supermarkets can no longer provide those either.
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I can think of no better way to spread disease than for people to use recycle bags which they put in the trunk of the car, on the floor, then return to the grocery store and put on the conveyor belt to be picked up by others.
My elderly parents are in NJ. I left them some reusable bags in March. This will be a hard transition for them.
https://lluh.org/patients-visitors/health-wellness/live-it/online-health-show/episode-2-reusable-grocery-bags
https://news.arizona.edu/story/reusable-grocery-bags-contaminated-with-e-coli-other-bacteria
Glad I don’t have cats any longer.
Bttt
And yet, my steaks, pork chops and chicken thighs are on a styrofoam plate and wrapped in plastic. My hamburger chub is wrapped in plastic. My milk is in a plastic jug. I buy plastic bags to pack the kids lunch. My toilet paper and paper towels are wrapped in plastic. The cash registers and credit card machines are made from lots of hard plastic. I put my fruit and veggies in a provided plastic bag. My bag of salad is in plastic. My cauliflower is wrapped in plastic. My donuts are in a cardboard box with a see thru plastic window. My bologna is packaged in plastic. My lunchables are in plastic. Seafood and shrimp trays, in plastic. Ice Cream in cardboard. My Marie Callender’s, cardboard and plastic. My tater tots, plastic. Need I go on?
The world has truly gone insane.
“...Masks will cause long term damage to oxygen utilization in humans
Today, people willingly breathe in these microplastics by attaching masks to their faces. And, as the face masks are discarded en masse, the microplastics break down into the air, soil, and water, before finding their way into human blood and organs. Masks strain, suffocate, and poison people in an acute manner, and over the long haul, the microplastics break down in the environment, silently infiltrating the blood, and depriving red blood cells of oxygen. In one study, microplastics latched onto the outer membrane of red blood cells, hindering their ability to transport oxygen throughout.
At the height of the mask mandate hysteria, the world population was consuming 129 billion disposable face masks each month, or approximately three million masks every minute. Many of these masks are discarded into the environment or dumped in landfills, where they will break down and pollute the soil for years.
Disposable face masks contain an inner layer of thermoplastic polymers that are melted together into porous sheets. When they break down in the environment, these polymers and polypropylene fabrics break down into small plastic particles called microplastics. These microplastics leech into the soil and water, and ultimately make their way into human blood, tissues, and organs. These particles also travel through the air and are often taken in through the lungs. The long-term environmental and human health effects caused by mask mandates are yet to be fully realized. These negative impacts will be measured in human blood in the form of microplastic contamination.
Plastic pollution, exacerbated by masks, affects human hormones, childhood development...
https://microplastics.news/2022-03-25-masks-deprive-humans-of-oxygen-microplastic-pollution.html
WA has similar law. It’s about saving the ocean from plastic pollution, which is, I’ve read here and there, a serious problem causing death of fish and sea birds.
I’m all in favor of fish and birds. But what we have now instead of single-use plastic, is tough, stronger, re-usable plastic that is far, far worse for fish and birds. I have a pile of them and take them with me to the store time and time again.
Paper bags are fine for the ocean, but you have to cut down trees to make them. A renewable resource at least.
Possibly interesting note: Decades ago, when I lived in SF, my neighbors were a lovely Chinese couple with three adorable kids. Invited me to dinner several times, great food, good company. And a nice Christian family of churchgoers. Then suddenly they moved away, bought a fabulous house in the most expensive neighborhood with money she made.
Her business? First person to import plastic bags from China and sell them to grocery chain.
Not good enough. New Jersey should ban ALL bags, and ALL boxes. EVERY container of ANY nature should be BANNED.
NJ, the only state in the nation that doesn’t allow you to pump gas into your own vehicle now will not permit you to get a paper or plastic bag at a grocery store.
NJ, on the leading edge of totalitarianism.
My New Jersey family predicts it will be a disaster as most liberal programs usually are.