Vote NO on Amendment to S 2776 – Banning Paper Bags!
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Please pass this Grassroots Alert to members of your organization, your employees, and your colleagues who are residents of or do business in New Jersey.
New Jersey’s Amendment S.2776 currently bans plastic bags and places a 10-cent fee on paper bags. An amendment is expected to be introduced during November 6- January 14 to also ban paper bags, causing state residents to use costly reusable bags when transporting groceries from the store.
Paper products can be part of the solution, not the environmental problem. Bag bans and taxes unfairly target paper products. Paper bags are locally produced, reusable, sustainable and the only grocery bag that consumers can recycle at home in their curbside bin. In 2018, 68.1 percent of all paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling, and the recovery rate has met or exceeded 63 percent for the past nine years. Paper products keep lands forested, store carbon, are natural and biodegradable, support our nation’s recycling system, and ultimately can provide carbon-neutral energy.
Taxing, or even worse, banning paper bags in New Jersey would have a direct impact on 13,000 jobs in 156 manufacturing facilities and the indirect jobs supported by them. Paper-related products made in New Jersey include paper bags as well as corrugated packaging, drink and food cartons, tissue products, gypsum wallboard, recovered fiber and more. This legislation could set a precedent that paper is not welcome in New Jersey.
This amendment could negatively affect our industry. Click HERE to tell your legislators to Vote NO on banning paper bags.
