New York Will Ban Small Shampoo Bottles At Hotels In 2025

NEW YORK — Starting next year, hotel rooms with more than 50 rooms will be barred from using shampoo bottles under 12 ounces after a bill was passed in the New York Assembly.

The enforcement begins on Jan. 1 2025 and hotels that break the rule will first receive a warning and have 30 days to correct it. If they fail to do so, they run the risk of being fined $250.

After another 30 days, a hotel could be fined $500, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation’s website.

The bill, first introduced in 2019, aims to "restrict hotels from making available to hotel guests small plastic bottle hospitality personal care products."

The reason for the ban is to curb the use of single-use plastics, officials said.

"Hospitality personal care product" applies to shampoo, conditioner, lotion and liquid soap among others.

For hotels with fewer than 50 rooms, the law will go into effect in 2026.