A bill now before New Jersey lawmakers would allow restaurants and other places that serve food to give out single-use cutlery and condiments only if customers specifically request them. The measure is intended to cut plastic waste. (Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey Monitor)
New Jersey lawmakers have banned plastic bags and Styrofoam and barred businesses from giving out plastic straws willy-nilly.
Now the state senator leading the crusade to cut plastic waste in the Garden State is taking aim at single-use cutlery and condiment packets, saying residents chuck thousands of the pesky plastics into the garbage unused — so restaurants and other businesses shouldn’t automatically provide them…