01/03/2026
Refills and travel just make sense!
The next time you travel, you may notice refillable shampoo, conditioner, soap, and lotion containers for your use rather than the previously provided small plastic bottles.
New York State is cutting down on single-use plastics and, hotels, apartment hotels, motels, and boarding houses of all sizes no longer provide small plastic bottles of personal care amenity products as a hospitality but instead may opt to provide more sustainable alternatives. This means even if you forget some of your personal care products at home, you may have a low waste option available to you.
Since January 1, 2025, under the NYS Small Plastic Bottle Hospitality Personal Care Product Restrictions Law, hotels, apartment hotels, motels, and boarding houses with 50 or more guestrooms have been prohibited from distributing small plastic amenity bottles for personal care products in guest rooms at properties. Beginning January 1, 2026, this requirement expands to all properties with fewer than 50 guestrooms as well.
Reducing single-use bottles will help cut down litter, improving the recycling stream allowing more containers to be recycled into new products as well as conserving product for use instead of both products and bottles ending up in our landfills.
