With single-stream recycling and multiple pickup days in the summer, recycling has gotten extremely easy for households. And overall, New Jersey is a bit cleaner since May 2022, when New Jersey’s plastic bag ban went into effect. It’s considered by environmental groups to be one of the most effective in the country.
According to the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, that has led to a reduction of 594 plastic bags per person in New Jersey, or 55 million bags per month in less than two…
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