09 • 10 • 2019
City of Miami Beach Single Use Plastic Straw Ordinance
The goal is to have the city of Miami Beach pass and implement a single use plastic straw ordinance within all the city limits to compliment their City Property ordinance and beach side property ordinance. This will help keep single use plastic straws from entering our marine environment.
In 2012, our Miami Chapter activists began advocating for a plastic straw ordinance in Miami Beach. The reduction of plastic straws helps to decrease the need for fossil fuels, which are used for these wasteful and lightweight single use plastics which often end up as litter in our marine environments.
On September 10th, 2019, the city voted to pass the ordinance!