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Moll: Hotel mini-bottle bans in CA, NY, and WA create business tailwinds

Daniel Moll · Advice Line with Chet Pipkin of Belkin International · Nov 13, 2025 · at 12:09

Earth Suds founder Daniel Moll discusses legislative tailwinds driving hotel adoption of solid personal care alternatives.

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“The thing that's working in our favor is that there is some incoming legislation that is banning many bottles in hotels, so they've already been banned in California back in twenty-twenty-three, this year in New York, in Washington by twenty-twenty-seven.”

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The claim, plainly

Single-use mini toiletry bottles in hotels were banned in California in 2023, in New York in 2025, and are scheduled to be banned in Washington by 2027.

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Assessment

All three legs of the claim are confirmed by state legislative and statutory records: (1) California enacted AB 1162 in 2019, which banned small single-use plastic toiletry bottles in lodging establishments effective January 1, 2023 (for properties with 50 or more rooms, and 2024 for smaller ones); (2) New York enacted S543/A5082 in 2021, which banned small hospitality personal care plastic bottles effective January 1, 2025 (for properties with 50 or more rooms, and 2026 for smaller ones); and (3) Washington enacted HB 1085 in April 2023, scheduling the ban on small plastic personal care containers in lodging establishments to take effect on January 1, 2027 (for properties with 50 or more units, followed by smaller establishments in 2028).

California AB 1162 (Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 42370 et seq.) took effect on January 1, 2023, prohibiting small plastic bottles under 6 ounces in lodging establishments with 50+ rooms.
New York Senate Bill S543 / Assembly Bill A5082 (NY ECL § 27-3001 et seq.) took effect on January 1, 2025, banning small plastic bottles under 12 fluid ounces in lodging establishments with 50+ rooms.
Washington House Bill 1085 (RCW 70A.245.140), signed April 20, 2023, is operative beginning January 1, 2027, restricting small plastic personal health/beauty containers in lodging establishments with 50+ units.

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[1] ahotellife.com [2] calmatters.org [3] cbsnews.com [4] cawrecycles.org [5] surfrider.org [6] nysenate.gov [7] greenprintproducts.com [8] facebook.com

Washington state hotel mini toiletry bottle ban 2027 HB 1085 HB 1033 RCW California AB 1162 hotel toiletry ban effective date 2023 New York hotel mini bottle toiletry ban effective date 2025 S543 A5082

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