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DE HCR17
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/27/2019
Primary Sponsor
Paul Baumbach
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AI Summary
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Recognizes the Delaware Restaurant Association for adopting voluntary environmental sustainability practices to reduce plastic straw usage in restaurants.
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Encourages restaurants to adopt an "only by request" policy for single-use plastic straws, eliminate plastic sandwich picks and coffee stirrers, and provide single-use plastic utensils only upon request.
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Acknowledges that over 500 million plastic straws are discarded annually in Delaware and approximately 2,000 straws are found during a 3-hour International Coastal Cleanup along Delaware's coastlines each September.
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Recognizes that non-plastic alternatives including paper, pasta, sugar cane, wood, bamboo, metal, and glass straws are readily available.
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Requires the Delaware Restaurant Association to track progress on its voluntary straw reduction efforts and submit a progress report to the General Assembly by May 1, 2020.
Legislative Description
Recognizing The Delaware Restaurant Association For Commitment Towards A Greater Environmental Sustainability And Efforts On A Straw Ban Policy.
Last Action
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
3/27/2019