New Jersey lawmakers considering bill to stop companies from shipping small orders in big boxes
TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey lawmakers are set to address the issue of small things coming in big packages.
The Legislature's Environmental and Solid Waste committee will consider a bill Monday that would fine retailers if they use shipping boxes that are more than twice the size of the item being shipped.
If passed, retailers -- including big companies, like Amazon and Target -- could be fined between $250 and $500 for each offense.
Proponents call is a common sense law to reduce cardboard and other materials in the waste stream.
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