Reducing Waste in National Parks Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 50
- Latest action
- May 23, 2025
What it does
The Reducing Waste in National Parks Act would require the National Park Service to establish a program within 180 days of enactment to reduce or eliminate the sale and distribution of disposable plastic products—including plastic beverage bottles, bags, food ware, and expanded polystyrene—in national park units, with implementation led by regional directors. The bill mandates that regional directors eliminate such sales to the greatest extent feasible after evaluating factors like cost, waste reduction, infrastructure for refill stations, contractual impacts, visitor safety, and input from stakeholders, while also requiring proactive visitor education, consistency across park units, and…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.