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DELAWARE HOUSE BILL 111

The Delaware Skip the Stuff Act 2025

HB 111 was introduced on April 8th and assigned to the House Economic Development Committee.

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Email your state legislators to ask for their support of HB 111.

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Foodware Accessory Facts

  • Plastic straws and stirrers were the 7th most commonly found item on beaches  worldwide during the International Coastal Cleanup in 2017.
  • The United States uses more than 36 billion disposable utensils a year. Laid end to end, they could wrap around the globe 139 times.
  • In the U.S., 561 billion disposable food service items are used every year, resulting in 4.9      million tons of waste. 
  • Americans use as many as 142 billion straws each year.
  • Each year, billions of single-use plastics and paper accessories – utensils, straws, napkins, and  condiments – are given to customers who order meals for take-out or delivery and don’t need them. Most take-out and delivery meals go to homes and offices already stocked with these items.
  • The vast majority of single-use take-out items and packaging cannot be recycled. 
  • Even if Delaware had commercial scale composting (which it doesn’t), composting facilities do not want bioplastics, and many don’t accept compostable foodware because of the  contamination they cause - both in terms of chemicals like PFAS but also because of confusion around what is acceptable.
  • Although compostable and bioplastic packaging and serviceware are touted as being environmentally friendly, they tend to have even greater environmental impacts than their      conventional plastic counterparts and Delaware has no commercial scale composting options. 
  • Consumption of single-use plastics increased by 250-300 % since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a thirty percent increase in waste which is attributed to personal protective equipment (PPE), packaging, and disposable foodware.
  • Skip the Stuff policy not only helps the environment, but also saves restaurants money!
  • Many other jurisdictions have already passed Skip the Stuff legislation including New York City, Denver, Washington, D.C., Chicago, California, Washington State, and numerous local governments in New Jersey.

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CONTACT INFO FOR YOUR DELAWARE STATE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES 

Who represents me?



FOR ACTION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES:


U.S. Senators

Senator Christopher Coons
Contact Via Web Form 


Washington Office:
383 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5042
Fax: (202) 228-3075


Main District Office:
1105 N. Market St., Ste. 2000
Wilmington, DE 19801-1233
Phone: (302) 573-6345
Fax: (302) 573-6351


Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester


Representative Sarah McBride



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