Phoenix imposes no straws-on-request rule, and ARS section 9-500.38 preempts any city ordinance restricting plastic straws. Restaurants may freely distribute single-use plastic straws at counters, drive-throughs, and self-service stations.
Arizona's 2015 Cooler Heads Prevail Act, ARS section 9-500.38, defines auxiliary containers to include drinking straws and stirrers, blocking Phoenix from adopting a straws-on-request rule, plastic-straw ban, or fee. Restaurants, fast-food outlets, coffee shops, and food trucks in Phoenix may continue handing straws out automatically with drinks and may stock them at self-service caddies. Phoenix has no parallel rule in City Code chapter 31. Several private chains and city-owned venues like the Phoenix Convention Center have voluntarily switched to paper or compostable straws as part of sustainability programs, but the choice is non-binding. The state-shared revenue review under ARS section 41-194.01 polices city overreach.
There is no private-business penalty for distributing plastic straws in Phoenix. Littering straws on public property can be cited under Phoenix City Code chapter 23 and chapter 31 solid-waste rules.
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