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River Vale NJ, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi says that banning all plastic bags will , “disproportionately negatively impact poor working mothers “
Schepisi said on Facebook ,”This measure will disproportionately negatively impact poor working mothers in this State. Ban all bags, paper and plastic at grocery stores? How is someone who doesn’t have a vehicle, who uses public transportation, who needs to pick up groceries on her way from work, bring these groceries home? It’s great that a wealthy Senator from New Jersey picked up a radical idea while on his vacation but this isn’t feasible. We should all work on reducing plastic use in N.J. but we don’t have to be the most extreme in every legislative proposal.”
