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Senate Commerce Committee releases bill to allow certain recyclable paper grocery bags
Summary
The Senate Commerce Committee on March 24 voted to release S3413, which would authorize grocery stores to provide specific single-use paper carryout bags. Supporters cited local jobs and curbside recyclability; environmental groups warned of backsliding on New Jersey’s 2022 single‑use bag law.
The New Jersey Senate Commerce Committee on March 24 approved release of Senate Bill 3413, a measure sponsored in the hearing that would authorize grocery stores to provide certain single‑use paper carryout bags. Supporters told the committee the bags are produced locally and can be recycled in curbside programs, while opponents said the change would undermine the state’s 2022 single‑use bag law and risk greater environmental harm.
Vidal Diaz, an ILA union representative, told the committee the Durobag plant and its workers in Union County would benefit if the bill passes. "We are in favor — the people there work very, very hard," Diaz said during brief testimony in…
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