November 10, 2023, marked the beginning of the enforcement of the Marin County Reusable Foodware Ordinance, which was adopted for unincorporated Marin on May 10, 2022. This ordinance was originally inspired in part by our youth-led No Straw, Please campaign in 2018
Single-use plastics can persist in our environment for hundreds of years. They litter our beaches, clog our waterways, and contribute to the global pollution crisis. The new ordinance will tackle this head-on by eliminating plastics at their source in Marin County. We, as consumers, can play a more active role by practicing reuse by bringing our containers, cups, and utensils for food to-go or composting natural fiber foodware products at home. This behavior change will have a significant impact on our collective carbon footprint.