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This bill establishes a comprehensive program to reduce disposable plastic products in national parks. The National Park Service (NPS) must create a plan within 180 days to minimize and potentially eliminate the sale and distribution of disposable plastic items, including water bottles, plastic bags, food containers, and polystyrene products. Regional directors will implement the program, considering factors such as operational costs, waste reduction potential, infrastructure for water refill stations, contractual implications with park concessionaires, visitor safety, and public health. The bill requires each regional director to develop a visitor education strategy explaining the rationale behind plastic reduction and to conduct a biennial evaluation of the program's impact, assessing public response, visitor satisfaction, buying behavior, safety considerations, and plastic bottle collection rates. The program aims to encourage visitors to use reusable containers and reduce plastic waste in national parks, while also ensuring visitor access to water and maintaining safety. Each national park will work to implement the program consistently across its entire unit, incorporating the plastic reduction strategy into agreements with operating organizations and concessionaires.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1926/all-info