Washington's RCW 70A.500 requires food service businesses in Spokane to provide single-use utensils, straws, lids, and condiment packets only when customers request them, reducing waste from automatic distribution.
Under RCW 70A.500, food service businesses including restaurants, food trucks, delivery, and grocery prepared-food sections may provide single-use plastic or compostable utensils, straws, beverage lids on cold cups, and condiment packets only by customer request, by self-serve station, or by an affirmative prompt for delivery and online orders. Automatically including these items in takeout bags or on delivery is not allowed. Spokane has not adopted a local override, and Department of Ecology enforces statewide. Drive-through, hospital, and accessibility-related needs are exempt.
Repeated violations after Department of Ecology warning can mean fines up to $250 per day under the same enforcement framework as the bag ban.
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