Takeout Containers
Single-Use Items
Rules requiring compostable, recyclable, or reusable takeout containers, including LA's polystyrene ban and Customers-Bring-Their-Own programs.
How Takeout Containers Rules Differ by Place
Albany County, NY: Albany County Foam Takeout Container Ban
Heavy RestrictionsAlbany County's Food Service Waste Reduction Act (Ch. 170, Art. II) bars every food service establishment from selling prepared food in polystyrene foam containers and requires…
Glen Cove, NY: Glen Cove Foam Food Container Ban
Heavy RestrictionsGlen Cove bars every retail food establishment from selling food in anything but biodegradable packaging, and separately bans giving customers any eating utensil or food container made…
Nassau County, NY: Nassau County bans polystyrene foam takeout containers
Heavy RestrictionsNassau County prohibits every food service establishment, store, and mobile food commissary from selling or offering any disposable food service item made of polystyrene foam. The ban…
Corpus Christi, TX: Takeout Container Material Choice Unregulated
Few RestrictionsCorpus Christi does not require compostable or recyclable takeout containers. Restaurants choose materials based on cost, durability, and brand preference, with state preemption…
Riverside, CA: Takeout Container Requirements
Some RestrictionsRiverside takeout food packaging must comply with California SB 54 producer responsibility rules and SB 1383 organics requirements, pushing operators toward recyclable or compostable…
Cities & Counties with Takeout Containers Rules
14 locations
California
New York
Other Single-Use Items Topics
Plastic Bag Rules
Whether plastic carryout bags are banned, taxed, or exempt from local regulation under state preemption.
Polystyrene Foam Rules
State rules on expanded polystyrene foam (Styrofoam) cups, takeout containers, and packaging, including statewide bans and preemption of local bans.
Plastic Straw Rules
State rules on plastic straws, including on-request-only mandates, full bans, and states that preempt local straw ordinances.
Utensils-On-Request
Rules barring food vendors from automatically including plastic utensils, condiment packets, or napkins unless customers request them.
Plastic Cups
Restrictions on disposable plastic cups, including bans, fees, and reusable/compostable alternative requirements at events and food service.