Plastic Straw Rules

California Public Resources Code 42270-42273, enacted by AB 1884 (2018), prohibits full-service restaurants from providing single-use plastic straws unless requested by the customer…

Delaware now limits single-use plastic straws to upon-request under 16 Del. C. Section 3002Q, added by SB 51. A food establishment may provide a plastic straw only when a customer…

Since January 1, 2019, DC food service entities cannot serve drinks with single-use plastic straws or stirrers, which are neither compostable nor recyclable. Only compostable or…

Under NJSA 13:1E-99.126, New Jersey food service businesses may provide single-use plastic straws only upon customer request, effective November 2021 statewide.

North Carolina has no statewide ban on plastic straws and does not authorize local governments to ban single-use plastic straws or other utensils.

North Dakota has no statewide rules on plastic straws under NDCC, and local governments retain authority to adopt their own straw policies if desired.

SB 90 (2019), codified at ORS 616.892, limits when restaurants and convenience stores may hand out single-use plastic straws, requiring customers to request one first.

Vermont restricts single-use plastic straws and stirrers under Act 69 of 2019, requiring food service establishments to provide them only on customer request.

Washington RCW 70A.550 limits single-use food service ware including plastic straws and utensils to upon-request distribution at restaurants and food service businesses.