Regulations

Surfrider

• Coast/Ocean Legislation 2019

News

• California proposes phaseout of single-use plastics by 2030
• SLO rolls out restrictions on plastic bottles, cups and straws – February 28, 2018
• Is California Really Trying to Ban Plastic Straws? Here’s What You Need to Know – January 30, 2018
• SLO council to restrict plastic straws, bottles and cups – October 25, 2017

Local and State Government

• SLO County Board of Supervisors
• California Coastal Commission
• Find Your Congressional Representative
• SLO County Environmental Health Services

California (Statewide)

• AB-1884 Food facilities: single-use plastic straws. – Passed on September 20, 2018, this bill limits restaurants statewide to giving out single-use straws only upon request of customers. It applies to full-service dining establishments but exempts fast-food restaurants.
• Expanded Polystyrene Local Bans + Disposable Food Service Ware Requirements
• Plastic Bag Bans and Fees
• Single-Use Carryout Bag Ban (SB 270)

San Luis Obispo County

• SLO County Bag Law
  The SLO County Integrated Waste Management Authority adopted a plastic bag ban with a 10 cent minimum price requirement on paper bags in January of 2012. This ban went into effect on October 1, 2012, in all seven incorporated cities as well as unincorporated areas of the county. The ban does not apply to restaurants.

City of San Luis Obispo

• Expanded Polystyrene and Disposable Food Container Regulations
  On June 16, 2015, the City Council approved an ordinance to regulate the use and sale of expanded polystyrene (also called EPS or white plastic foam) food containers and products in the City.
• Straws Upon Request
  On or after March 1, 2018, any vendor shall ask each dine-in customer if the customer wants a single-use beverage straw before providing a single-use beverage straw to the customer
• Plastic Bottles/Cups Regulations
  On or after March 1, 2018, no person may sell or distribute bottled beverages at an event held indoors or outdoors on city property.
• City of San Luis Obispo

City of Arroyo Grande

• Expanded Polystyrene Regulation
  On February 9, 2016, the City Council adopted an ordinance regulating the use and sale of expanded polystyrene foam (also known as EPS, white plastic foam, or commonly referred to as StyrofoamTM) food containers and products in the City.
• City of Arroyo Grande

City of Atascadero

• City of Atascadero

City of Grover Beach

• Polystyrene Ban
  On January 22, 2018, Grover Beach banned the use and sale of expanded polystyrene food containers, plates, and other products. The ban went into effect July 2018. Grover Beach’s ordinance not only prohibits the use of polystyrene containers for prepared food by restaurants or vendors at local events like the city’s popular Stone Soup festival, but also bans the sale of cups, coolers, plates and other products by retailers like supermarkets.
• City of Grover Beach

City of Morro Bay

• Expanded Polystyrene Regulation
  On February 9, 2016, the City Council passed an ordinance regulating the use and sale of expanded polystyrene (also called EPS, white plastic foam, or commonly referred to as Styrofoam™) food containers and products in the City.
• City of Morro Bay

City of Paso Robles

• City of Paso Robles

City of Pismo Beach

• On December 15, 2015, Pismo Beach approved a ban on expanded polystyrene disposable food containers, as well as a ban on the sale of any polystyrene products.
• City of Pismo Beach