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Senate Approves Bill to Limit Single-Use Plastics and Phase Out Small Hotel Toiletries
Summary
Senate Bill 551, which bans certain single-use disposable items and phases out small hotel toiletry bottles in favor of refillable dispensers, passed the Senate after extended floor debate.
The Oregon Senate approved Senate Bill 551, a measure that expands prior limits on plastic bags and restricts disposal items handed to consumers by restaurants and retailers.
Senator Solman, presenting the bill, said SB 551 would require restaurants and retailers to provide paper bags at checkout instead of thicker plastic bags, limit plastic cutlery and condiment packets to request-only, and phase out single-use hotel toiletry bottles in favor of larger refillable dispensers. "This is not a ban on all plastic, but…
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