2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations
Section 13:1E-99.142 - Plastic trash bags, percentage of postconsumer recycled content increase.

13:1E-99.142 Plastic trash bags, percentage of postconsumer recycled content increase.

8. a. All plastic trash bags sold or offered for sale in the State by a manufacturer shall:

(1) beginning two years after the effective date of this act, contain the following proportion of postconsumer recycled content:

(a) for plastic trash bags greater than 0.70 mils thick but less than 0.80 mils thick, at least five percent;

(b) for plastic trash bags greater than 0.80 mils thick but less than 1.00 mils thick, at least 10 percent; and

(c) for plastic trash bags equal to or greater than 1.00 mils thick, at least 20 percent; and

(2) beginning five years after the effective date of this act, contain the following proportion of postconsumer recycled content:

(a) for plastic trash bags greater than 0.70 mils thick but less than 0.80 mils thick, at least 10 percent;

(b) for plastic trash bags greater than 0.80 mils thick but less than 1.00 mils thick, at least 20 percent; and

(c) for plastic trash bags equal to or greater than 1.00 mils thick, at least 40 percent.

b. The provisions of subsection a. of this section shall not apply to a bag that is designed and manufactured to hold, store, or transport hazardous waste or regulated medical waste. For the purposes of this subsection, "hazardous waste" means any solid waste defined as hazardous waste by the department pursuant to P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.); and "regulated medical waste" means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1989, c.34 (C.13:1E-48.3).

L.2021, c.391, s.8.