State law already mandates that retailers stop using the plastic bags on Jan. 1. Friday’s settlement hits the manufacturers with $1.7 million in penalties, establishes that they violated state law by selling unrecyclable bags for years, and will result in many of the bags being removed from the market early, before the end of this year.
NJ did this or at least near me. I do miss the plastic for a single reason
They were the perfect size for bathroom garbage cans! The best!!
and dog poop - average stores sell fabric based ones in NJ for like 15-25 cents usually now