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.