Hawaii is looking to ban single-use toiletries

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Hawaii legislature is considering a bill to ban small toiletries in hotels to help with the growing problem of plastic pollution in the state. The bill, known as HB1645, has already passed its first reading and gone through the House’s Energy and Environmental Protection and Labor and Tourism committees.

According to KHON, a local TV station in Hawaii, “the bill would prohibit hotels with 50 or more beds from handing out personal care products in small plastic bottles in 2024 and 2025.” Hundreds of thousands of the little bottles are used by a single hotel each month, according to research.

The plastic bottles are not biodegradable and they greatly contribute to the island’s pollution problem.

“As a notable tourism destination here in Hawaii, we also really have an opportunity to kind of put our money where our mouth is when we talk about how important the environment is and how Hawaii wants to engage and more sustainable tourism,” Rep. Nicole Lowen (D) chair of the House Energy & Environmental Protection committee and one of the bill’s sponsors said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/hawaii-is-looking-to-ban-single-use-toiletries/ar-AATxogN

[Auggie]

1. Yes! People can bring their own.

[WA-03 Democrat]

2. No

Have a refillable container. People will bring their little bottles because of Richard Reid - the show bomber fuckhead.

[missingthebigdog]

4. I have a dispenser on my shower wall.

It is similar to the soap dispensers in public restrooms, but with four chambers. I would think that you could make something like that work in hotels. Might need some kind of “seal” or lock and key to prevent tampering, but it could work.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. I've been to one hotel that had those

[Chipper Chat]

6. Hampton hotels will implement this in about 6 months.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. I bring my own toiletries, and generally harvest what the hotel gives me

and pass on to a homeless shelter.

Refillable bottles attached to the wall makes a lot more sense.