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Billions of plastic bags kept out of circulation by NJ ban
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Six months after the ban went into effect, environmentalists deem it a success
It’s been six months since New Jersey’s bag ban went into place, forbidding single-use plastic bags at stores as well as paper bags at large grocery stores. According to the Food Council of New Jersey, 3.4 billion plastic bags have been kept out of the waste stream since the ban went into effect; it says 68 million paper bags have not been used because of the ban.
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Billions of plastic bags kept out of circulation by NJ ban
Clip: 11/18/2022 | 4m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
It’s been six months since New Jersey’s bag ban went into place, forbidding single-use plastic bags at stores as well as paper bags at large grocery stores. According to the Food Council of New Jersey, 3.4 billion plastic bags have been kept out of the waste stream since the ban went into effect; it says 68 million paper bags have not been used because of the ban.
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‘21’ series: A profile of Joe Morrison of Hunterdon County
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Clip: 11/18/2022 | 4m 7s | Morrison works to raise awareness about the disease, and still finds time for drag racing (4m 7s)
Advocates hopeful temp workers' bill of rights will pass
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Clip: 11/18/2022 | 4m 5s | Providing needed transparency for more than 127,000 temp workers in the state (4m 5s)
Affirming health services urged for transgender people
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Clip: 11/18/2022 | 4m 10s | Interview: Damien Alan Lopez, project manager at Garden State Equality (4m 10s)
Living art exhibition centers on diversity
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Clip: 11/18/2022 | 1m 22s | D.I.S.P.L.A.Y.E.D, an immersive performance, opens at Jersey City Theater Center (1m 22s)
NJ vets home whistleblower: 'The public had to know'
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Clip: 11/18/2022 | 4m 33s | Why Dave Ofshinsky blew the whistle on chaos at state-run veterans home in Paramus (4m 33s)
Port Authority blames inflation, revenue dip for toll hikes
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Clip: 11/18/2022 | 52s | Toll hikes are expected to go into effect Jan. 1 (52s)
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