Reducing Waste in National Parks Act
Summary
Reducing Waste in National Parks Act This bill directs the National Park Service to establish a program for the National Park System to reduce disposable plastic products and, if applicable, eliminate the sale and distribution of disposable plastic products. Each regional office of the National Park Service must eliminate the sale of water in disposable plastic products and the sale and distribution of other disposable plastic products after consideration of several specified factors (e.g., the costs and benefits to overall operations). Each regional office must develop a proactive visitor education strategy to address visitor expectations of water availability and explain the rationale for the program and its implementation.
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in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2021
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Introduced Oct 7, 2021
Last action Oct 7, 2021
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Oct 7, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
upper
Oct 7, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
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