07 • 01 • 2019
St. Augustine Beach Single Use Plastics Ordiance
The goal is to have the City of St. Augustine Beach pass a comprehensive single use plastics ordinance which will help keep single use plastic straws from entering our marine environment.
In 2017, Surfrider Foundation First Coast Chapter activists began advocating for a robust plastic ordinance in St. Augustine. 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 July 1, 2019, the city voted to ban the sale and distribution of plastic straws, plastic bags, and styrofoam, becoming one of the first cities in Northeast Florida to do away with some single-use plastic items!