Solana Beach Disposable Food Service Packaging

Ban on polystyrene and non-recyclable plastic disposable food service containers as well as ban on EPS packing materials.

Details of regulation: Food providers are prohibited from dispensing prepared food to customers in disposable food service containers made from expanded polystyrene. Food providers are prohibited from dispensing prepared food to customers in disposable food service containers made from non-recyclable plastic. All City facilities, City-managed concessions, City sponsored events, and City permitted events are prohibited from using disposable food service containers made from non-recyclable plastic. Exemptions include prepared foods prepared or packaged outside the City of Solana Beach and undue hardship.

Ordinances:

  1. No. 466 – An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Solana Beach, California, Regulating the Use of Expanded Polystyrene and Non-Recyclable Plastic Disposable Food Service Containers by Food Providers, and Expanded Polystyrene Packaging.

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