Missouri has no statewide preemption of local polystyrene or foam food-container rules. RSMo 260.283 preempts only local bans, fees, or taxes on paper and plastic bags; it does not cover cups, plates, or foam containers, so cities keep authority to regulate them.
RSMo 260.283, Missouri's single-use preemption statute, applies only to paper and plastic bags, barring local bans, fees, or taxes and protecting reusable bags. It does not define "auxiliary containers" and does not extend to polystyrene foam cups, plates, bowls, or takeout containers. No other Missouri statute preempts local foam-container regulation, so a city or county could adopt a foam ban or fee under its police power, subject to Dillon's Rule limits for non-charter cities. In practice, statewide bans on foam are absent and few Missouri localities regulate it, but the authority is not preempted.
No statewide foam-container restriction exists. Any local foam ban or fee would be enforced under the adopting jurisdiction's own ordinance, not state law.
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