If you are headed to the Jersey Shore this summer, there is a new regulation there that you need to know about. It is the strictest ban on plastics in the country, and it is now in effect for the entire state of New Jersey… a ban on single-use plastic bags. It means most grocery stores in the Garden State will not be allowed to give out single-use plastic or paper bags. Styrofoam containers, like the ones used for take-out food, are also banned.