New study finds NJ saves billions of plastic bags thanks to ban

TRENTON — New Jersey's ban on plastic bags is one of the most effective bans of its kind in the country and saves shoppers from using billions of plastic bags each year, according to a new study.

New Jersey's ban on single-use carryout bags went into effect on May 4, 2022.

Shoppers on average used nearly 459 million fewer plastic bags each month for the remainder of 2022, according to the study co-published last month by Environment America, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, and Frontier Group

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