Beloved travel-size shampoo and conditioner bottles might be checking out of hotels soon.
House Bill 348 would ban small single-use plastic bottles in hotels, motels, and bed and breakfasts — essentially any place with 50 or more lodging rooms — starting next year. Once 2028 rolls around, this ban will apply to any location that provides one or more rented rooms for lodging.
The bill comes in an effort to reduce plastic waste across the islands, which follows the state’s plastic bag ban in 2021…