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DE HCR17

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Engrossed

3/27/2019

Primary Sponsor

Paul Baumbach

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Origin

House of Representatives

150th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Recognizes the Delaware Restaurant Association for adopting voluntary environmental sustainability practices to reduce plastic straw usage in restaurants.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Recognizes that non-plastic alternatives including paper, pasta, sugar cane, wood, bamboo, metal, and glass straws are readily available.

  • 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

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