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New Jersey will start banning plastic straws on 2021 Nov. 4.

A new state law in New Jersey will soon make it much harder for customers to get plastic straws. Under the law, food service businesses will only be allowed to provide a single-use plastic straw to customers if they request one specifically, as of Nov. 4. The order says that stores might continue to sell packages of single-use plastic straws, as well as provide or sell a beverage pre-packaged by the manufacturer with a single-use plastic straw, like juice boxes, however.

"A person or entity that violates the law will be warned for a first offense, may be fined up to $1,000 per day for the second offense, and may be fined up to $5,000 per day for the third and subsequent violations," the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection said. "Violations of a continuing nature constitute an additional, separate, and distinct offense for each day that is deemed a violation."