Home California Governor Signs Bill Eliminating Single-use Plastic Toiletries from California Hotels

Governor Signs Bill Eliminating Single-use Plastic Toiletries from California Hotels

by ECT

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom  signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1162, authored by Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose), effectively restricting the use of tiny plastic toiletries, including shampoo, conditioner, and bath soap, across California hotels and lodging establishments.

“I am proud to have authored legislation making California the first state in the country to accelerate more sustainable alternatives in the hotel and lodging industry by curbing our plastic consumption,” said Assemblymember Kalra. “Single-use products like those tiny plastic bottles commonly provided in hotels rooms represent a sizable amount of waste that can be easily eliminated through more cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternatives.”

“We have reached a tipping point for action and more needs to be done that transitions consumers and businesses towards more sustainable alternatives,” he added. “And given our state’s large presence in tourism, this will be a model for the nation.”

AB 1162 will help to reduce the impact of plastic waste in the environment by restricting hotels and other lodging establishments from placing small single-use toiletry bottles in sleeping room accommodations or bathrooms by January 2023 for large hotels and by January 2024 for hotels with 50 rooms or less.

The proliferation of single-use plastic waste has had a devastating impact on the environment and continues to overwhelm landfills. According to the Wall Street Journal, “billions of half-full bottles get thrown away every year, roughly 1,000 bottles for every hotel room,” which would amount to more than 500 million tiny plastic bottles eliminated annually across 515,285 hotel rooms in California.

AB 1162, supported by the California Hotel and Lodging Association, is in line with the industry’s effort to minimize its environmental footprint. Hotel chains including Marriott International and InterContinental Group (IHG) have already announced the phase-out of tiny bottles of personal care products like shampoo and conditioner.

The statewide legislation was inspired by an ordinance in Santa Cruz County, which became the first jurisdiction in the state to ban hotels and other lodging establishments from providing small plastic bottles of personal care products in its effort to address the growing problem of plastic debris and to protect public health and the environment.

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12 comments

Larry Oct 11, 2019 - 7:41 am

Wait for the ECT’ers who hate on this and want plastic everywhere from the waterways to the oceans because their generation won’t have to clean it up or deal with the consequences.

Grace Oct 11, 2019 - 2:51 pm

You might not be aware of it, but the worst polluters throwing plastic and other trash, which will not disintegrate into nothing, is generated by the many people who run container ships from Asia to the western countries. They are the main polluters, not some slob who uses a hotel’s shampoo and creams.

Jg Oct 11, 2019 - 9:08 am

Da gonnit, there goes my moisturizing cream and shampoo. I hope they don’t limit toilet paper too. Your tax dollars and representatives working hard for California.

Loretta Oct 11, 2019 - 10:11 am

Toilet paper is made out of paper, not plastic. This is legislation in the right direction. Politicians of the 20th century bowed down to plastics, synthetics, fossil fuels, etc. It’s time to start working towards renewable energies and products.

K Christianson Oct 11, 2019 - 11:25 am

We do they waste time on such stupid issues when we have far more important issues to deal with. California is run be self serving idiots

Mark E Oct 11, 2019 - 2:29 pm

The stupidity of California politicians continue to amaze me. Of all the important problems we are dealing with in today’s society, banning small bottles of toiletries are at the top of the list. Gee, let me guess. The pen they used to sign the legislation is made out of plastic, not to mention the credit cards in their wallets they use to spend our tax payer dollars. What a bunch of clowns.

Don Martin Oct 12, 2019 - 12:18 am

Who is this joker who wastes time and money on such trivial things?

Chris Crout Oct 12, 2019 - 2:06 am

If a business, like Marriot, wants to do it; their choice. I agree with that. The government ordering businesses to do it; I don’t agree with.

Laura Oct 12, 2019 - 2:55 am

… and the idiot governor signs this piece of crap bill. Why doesn’t this guy just limit that law to the hotels in HIS district instead of spreading it all over California? Where did we tell him the rest of us wanted this. He should keep it in San Jose, or wherever he’s from!

George Welles Oct 13, 2019 - 1:27 pm

This is just another example of ENVIRONMENTAL MARXISM! What will they ban next?

Meg Oct 13, 2019 - 8:10 pm

Hahaha…to all the people who live on blue and black pills heres something to ponder: The HOTEL industry backed this law.That means they save millions of dollars supplying these basics to their costumers.They dont give a care about plastics or whatever,and it only means the suckers…er…consumers have to buy them at the dollar store.

Bob Grant Oct 14, 2019 - 2:34 pm

What exactly are blue and black pills?

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