Single-Use Items in Buffalo, NY (2026)
1 verified single-use items rules for Buffalo, New York, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Plastic Straw Rules
Buffalo bars any restaurant, bar, or place of business from serving a drinking straw to a customer unless it is completely enclosed in a wrapper, under City Code § 378-6. It's a sanitation rule, not a plastic ban: the straw's material is unregulated, only its wrapping before service.
Buffalo Wrapped Drinking Straw Rule
Light RestrictionsBuffalo City Code § 378-6
No person, firm or corporation conducting a place of business in the City of Buffalo where any person is served with a beverage of any kind for consumption upon said premises shall serve or allow or permit to be served to any person drinking straws which are not completely enclosed in a wrapper.
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