Litter Free NJ News and Events

As featured in the Philadelphia NBC network channel 10

It doesn't take very long to find a cigarette butt on the ground.

A story that went viral was a one-sided study against New Jersey’s two-year-old ban on single-use plastic shopping bags.

By: Matt Trapani and Joti Rekhi

New research from an environmental group suggests that New Jersey’s strict plastic bag ban is having a positive impact on the environment.

New Jersey’s youth can positively influence their peers to “Go Green”

TRENTON – February 12, 2024 – The New Jersey Clean Communities Council (NJCCC) is once again partnering with the state Department of Environmental Protection to coordinate a youth video contest, with the theme to “Reduce Single Use.” The contest is designed to encourage greater understanding of the state’s single-use plastics law, which went into effect in May 2022.  

Jennifer M. Coffey and Ed Potosnak Special to USA TODAY Network

New Jersey’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Act is an absolute success. Eleven billion single-use plastic bags were avoided as of the two-year anniversary of the plastic bag ban on May 4, 2024.