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Get ready for the single-use plastics ban and other legistations!

• Beginning November 4, 2021, Food service businesses shall only provide a single-use plastic straw to a customer upon request.
• Beginning May 4 2022, NJ prohibits selling to, or providing their customers with, single-use plastic carryout bags or a polystyrene foam product.
• Beginning October 14, 2021, each food waste generator that generates an average projected volume of 52 or more tons per year of food waste must source separate its food waste from other solid waste; and send the source separated food waste to an authorized food waste recycling facility.

NJ DEP

• Overview of plastic straw, carryout bags and foam legislation
• Food Waste Recycling Legislation

NJ Business Action Center

• Ban the Bag Factsheet with Exceptions
• Sustainable vendor list
• Video – Counting Down to NJ’s 2022 Ban on Plastic Carryout Bags and Polystyrene Foam
• Overview of plastic ban legislation

Additional Plastic Pollution resources

• Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC) resources:
• NJ No Plastics
• Bag up NJ

Rutherford Green Business Recognition Program

• About the program
  • Recycling in Rutherford (Printable ‘cheat sheet’)
  • Sustainable Jersey Green Business Recognition Program Action
• NJ Sustainable Business Registry
  • Benefits
  • Register you business!
• Green Restaurant Association
  • Education Portal
  • Find my Green Score
  • Certification Standards
• NJ Clean Energy Program
  • Overview of incentives for Businesses
  • School and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program
  • PSE&G Energy Efficient Solutions for Businesses
    • Direct Install (in Español)
    • Incentives on Energy Efficient Equipment