By Jennifer Coffey and Ed Potosnak Today — Wednesday, May 4 — New Jersey will lead the way by enacting the most consequential plastics and paper bagsreduction law in the nation. This new law is good for the great Garden State. It bans plastic and most paper bags, and polystyrene (aka Styrofoam) food containers, and makes plastic straws available only upon request. Here’s why the Plastics Pollution Reduction Act is needed: New Jersey has become ground zero for plastic litter. Surrounded by water on three sides and positioned between New York City and Philadelphia, most of the litter found on ou…