Restaurants can no longer automatically include plastic utensils, straws or napkins with takeout orders. Customers must now request single-use items, and repeat violations could result in fines. Starting Saturday, August 1, restaurants across New Jersey will stop automatically including plastic utensils, straws, napkins and condiment packets with takeout and delivery orders, according to the state’s new "Skip the Stuff" law. Restaurants that repeatedly violate the law by automatically providing single-use items without a customer’s request could face fines. The change means customers will need to remember to ask for utensils or other single-use items when ordering takeout or delivery.