<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2kn7IZ_0vhrlgj100" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2kn7IZ_0vhrlgj100" width="980" height="653" ><figcaption>Joe Kelly</figcaption></figure><p>Is there anything worse than hopping in your vehicle, driving to the grocery store, getting out of your car - and then realizing you forgot your bags at home?</p><p>Wait! There is something worse!</p><p>It's going to the drive-thru of your favorite fast-food restaurant, ordering your favorite cold beverage - and then realizing they gave you a paper straw!</p><p>There was a time, kids, when grocery stores would GIVE YOU thin plastic (or paper) bags to carry your groceries with you. Heck, they'd give you as many as you wanted!</p><p>There was also a time, kids, when we didn't even know what a plastic straw was!</p><p>Then it all changed. In the name of "protecting the planet", the legislators of New Jersey ruled that we couldn't properly handle these products.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3qT55o_0vhrlgj100" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3qT55o_0vhrlgj100" width="1250" height="833" ><figcaption>Photo by Brian Yurasits on Unsplash</figcaption></figure><h2>Is another ban coming?</h2><p>A New Jersey Assemblyman is floating an idea to ban single-use plastic bottles in New Jersey.</p><p>I say "floating the idea" because a written-out bill has not been released, just the idea.</p><p>On the New Jersey State Legislature's <a href="https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/A4850">website</a>, Assemblyman Joe Danielson has proposed Bill A4850. The only description of the bill is this: "Prohibits procurement of single-use plastic beverage containers by State and local government entities."</p><p>Well, that description is confusing. Does he mean we regular citizens can continue to buy bottled water from our local convenience stores, but our governments can't? That's....weird. If that's his idea - what's the purpose?</p><p>Time will tell.</p><p>Stand by for updates as they become available.</p><h2>LOOK: Cool Car Features We Kind of Miss</h2><p>Kids these days don't know what they're missing out on! But hey, let's be real, some of those old car features were pretty awesome. Yeah, they might've been a bit risky and even tried to kill us, but they made our rides feel way cooler. </p></div></body>

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First Plastic Bags, Now New Jersey Wants to Ban Water Bottles

Is there anything worse than hopping in your vehicle, driving to the grocery store, getting out of your car - and then realizing you forgot your bags at home?. It's going to the drive-thru of your favorite fast-food restaurant, ordering your favorite cold beverage - and then realizing they gave you a paper straw!