NJ is Ditching Single-Use Plastic, Town by Town! (enacted or passed as of October 2019) Constantly changing so accuracy of total may be higher.
October 24, 2019
Bans
- Beach Haven
- Belmar
- Bradley Beach
- Brigantine
- Harvey Cedars
- Jersey City
- Point Pleasant Beach
- Stafford Township
- Ridgewood
- Hopewell Borough
- Saddle Brook
- Somers Point
- Chatham Township
Fees
- Longport – 10 cents on plastic and paper
- Teaneck – 5 cents on plastic, also urges state to pass statewide law
- Ventnor – 5 cents on plastic
Hybrids and other single-use plastics
- Avalon – ban on plastic bags, polystyrene foam, non-compostable food packaging
- Lambertville – ban on plastic bags, single-use plastic straws, and polystyrene foam
- Long Beach – ban on plastic bags, fee on paper bags
- Hoboken – ban on plastic bags, fee on paper bags
- Monmouth Beach – ban on plastic bags, single-use plastic straws, and polystyrene foam
- Stone Harbor – ban on single-use plastic bags, plastic utensils, and polystyrene foam
- Little Silver – ban on plastic bags, single-use plastic straws
- Glen Rock – ban on plastic bags, fee on paper bags
- Maplewood – ban on plastic bags, fee on paper bags
- Highland Park – ban on plastic bags, fee on paper bags
- Asbury Park – ban on plastic bags, fee on paper bags
- Leonia – ban on polystyrene foam food service ware
- Haworth – ban on polystyrene foam food service ware
- Rahway – ban on polystyrene foam food service ware
- Bayonne – ban on plastic bags, single-use plastic straws
- Ocean Gate – ban on plastic bags, single-use plastic straws, polystyrene foam
- Parsippany-Troy Hills – ban on plastic bags, fee on paper bags
- South Orange – ban on plastic bags, fee on paper bags
- Atlantic Highlands – ban on plastic bags, single-use plastic straws, fee on paper bags
- Cranford – ban on plastic bags, single-use plastic straws, and polystyrene foam; stirrers, lids, utensils by request only; requires food containers to be No. 1 or No. 2 recyclable plastic
- Red Bank – ban on plastic bags and polystyrene foam, disposable food service ware must be recyclable or compostable, and straws may be provided only upon request
- Paramus – ban on plastic bags and polystyrene foam food service ware
- Secaucus – ban on plastic bags, fee on paper bags
- Fair Haven – ban on plastic bags, single-use plastic straws, and polystyrene foam
- Woodland Park – ban on plastic bags, fee on paper bags
- Chatham Borough – ban on plastic bags, fee on paper bags
- Madison – ban on plastic bags, fee on paper bags
- Garfield – ban on plastic bags, single-use plastic straws
Pending/ Interested
- Edison
- Millburn (Resolution to write ordinance passed unanimously October 15, 2019)
- Long Branch
- Montclair
- Rumson
- Brick
- East Brunswick
- Lavalette
- Little Egg Harbor
- Newark
- Tinton Falls
- Tuckerton
- Ocean Township
- Livingston
- West Windsor
- Toms River
- Union
- Oradell
- Princeton
- New Milford
- Emerson
- Fanwood
- Summit (To be introduced November 8, vote on November 18, 2019)
State Legislation Pending
S2776/A4330 – Ban on plastics bags and Styrofoam, requires food businesses provide straws on demand, and places a 10 cent fee for paper bags.
Source: Clean Water Action with current updates added