The South Lake Tahoe City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to ban the use of single-use plastic water bottles in late September. There will be a second reading of the ordinance in October. If adopted, a municipal use ban will be into effect on Earth Day on April 22, 2023, with a commercial ban going into effect on April 22, 2024. The ban would include all single-use plastic water bottles smaller than 1 gallon.
The City of South Lake Tahoe banned the use of polystyrene containers, commonly known by the brand Styrofoam, along with foam coolers and other single-use food containers in 2018. | cityofslt.us
