SPRINGFIELD, Ill. ( WGN ) — When staying in a hotel room, you may find yourself collecting a complimentary “souvenir” for your next vacation: the mini soap bottles.
Whether it’s the soap, shampoo, conditioner, or maybe even lotion, it can be hard to resist tucking those into your suitcase.
If you’re staying in an Illinois hotel in the coming year, though, you may not find any of those mini bottles waiting for you.
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A new law , signed by Gov. JB Pritzker last month, will ban hotels in the state from providing small, single-use plastic bottles containing personal-care products to lodgers or guests using a hotel’s public bathroom.
The law, called the Small Plastic Bottle Act, says personal-care products include shampoo, hair conditioner and bath soap intended to be used in the shower and defines a small, single-use bottle as one under 6 ounces that’s not intended for re-use.
The law goes into effect beginning July 1, 2025, for hotels with 50 rooms or more and beginning Jan. 1, 2026, for hotels with less than 50 rooms.