If the coming ban on single-use plastic carryout bags is out of mind because it doesn’t go into effect until May 4, 2022, here’s a reminder from the state.

Janet Robertson, project manager of the New Jersey Business Action Center, was guest speaker at the Nov. 17 meeting of the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce. For the business members present, she also listed details of the polystyrene foam food takeout container ban that is part of the law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in November 2020.