Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

The Reducing Waste in National Parks Act would require the National Park Service to establish a program to reduce and, where feasible, eliminate the sale and distribution of disposable plastic products—including plastic beverage bottles, bags, food ware, and expanded polystyrene—in national park units. Regional directors would implement the program by considering factors such as costs, waste reduction, infrastructure for refill stations, contractual impacts, visitor safety, and input from concessioners and public health officials, while also developing visitor education strategies and conducting biennial evaluations. The bill allows parks that already banned disposable plastic water sales…

No official summary is available here. This one was written by AI from the bill’s text.