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NA sees increase in annual state Green grant - The Observer Online

Melham, Belleville accept nearly $70K grant for continued Green initiatives

Hudson County communities to share more than $1.1 million to clean up their streets

Jersey City will receive $519,182, followed by Bayonne’s $125,516. Hoboken’s $113,948, Union City’s $104,355 and North Bergen’s $102,903.

NJ plastic bag ban: Measuring the impact after one year

The NJ ban is among the most stringent on plastic products in the nation. Beach cleanups last year showed major declines in plastic bags and straws.

N.J. made it a year without plastic bags but straws continue to be hard to let go

About 2,000 grocery stores have cut roughly 688 million plastic bags and 13 million paper bags per month from the waste stream since the law began, the NJ Food Council estimates.