Contact Congress about S. 1926: Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

National parks would sell and hand out fewer throwaway plastic items. Park leaders would still have to protect visitor safety and make sure people can get safe drinking water.

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Reducing Waste in National Parks Act is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.

Latest action on S. 1926: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects people who visit national parks, park concession businesses, cooperating associations, and National Park Service staff. Visitors may need to plan ahead with reusable bottles or use refill stations. Businesses that sell food, drinks, or supplies in parks may need to change what they sell. Park staff would have to plan, explain, track, and review the program.

Why this matters: This bill could change what visitors can buy in parks and how they get drinking water. It aims to reduce plastic trash that can hurt wildlife, make parks dirtier, and raise waste handling costs. The tradeoff is that parks must keep water easy and safe to access, especially in hot or remote places. The real effect would depend on how each park carries out the program.

Key provisions in S. 1926

• The National Park Service must create a nationwide plan to cut throwaway plastic in parks. It must do this within 180 days after the bill becomes law.
• Regional park leaders must try to stop sales of bottled water in disposable plastic bottles. They must also try to stop sales and handouts of other throwaway plastic items, as much as feasible.
• Park leaders must weigh practical costs and benefits. That includes how much trash the park would avoid, what refill stations would cost, how to fund them, what public health testing is needed, and how park business revenue could change.
• Park leaders must protect visitors when cutting plastic. They must consider dehydration and the risk that people may drink unsafe water from lakes, rivers, or streams.
• Parks that already stopped selling bottled water in disposable plastic bottles can keep that rule. The bill does not make them bring those bottles back.

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National parks would sell and hand out fewer throwaway plastic items. Park leaders would still have to protect visitor safety and make sure people can get safe drinking water.

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