Since December of last year, Montclair has had its own ordinance prohibiting single-use plastic bags in large chain stores.
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Montclair shoppers begin to adjust to new bag guidelines
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Sara Friend was out shopping at the Claremont Avenue CVS last Friday when she realized she had left her reusable bags in the car by mistake […]
Edgemont’s Roots and Shoots club works for a better Earth
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news For sixty students at Edgemont School, helping to save the Earth is serious business, from encouraging families not to use pesticides on their lawns, to urging […]
Plastic shopping bags to be banned in Montclair supermarkets, big pharmacies in early December
Get ready Montclair, bag ban takes effect in supermarkets and big pharmacies Dec. 8.
Montclair’s plastic-bag ban tabled for now
Montclair failed to pass a single-use plastic bags ban Tuesday night, July 23.
Business owners speak out on plastic bag ban
A group of merchants are concerned that an ordinance currently being drafted on a single-use plastic bag ban could hurt their small businesses.
WEEKEND POLL: Do you support a plastic bag ban in Montclair?
Last week, we wrote that the Montclair Mayor and Council may vote at its April meeting to ban single-use plastic bags from all businesses, a move that would require merchants […]
Montclair on the verge of banning the bag
By Kelly Nicholaides for Montclair Local The ubiquitous single-use plastic bags at supermarkets, retail chains and small businesses pile up in oceans and pollute landscapes. Their scourge on ecosystems is […]
Montclair readies for statewide plastic bag ban
Although legislation that would ban plastic bags throughout the state picked up momentum last week, Montclair is still pushing its businesses to act now in the reduction of single-use plastics.