Chicago’s ban on single-use plastics now in effect

The new law applies to delivery and takeout orders, not dine-in.

plastics lunchbox
Jerome McDonnell / WBEZ
plastics lunchbox
Jerome McDonnell / WBEZ

Chicago’s ban on single-use plastics now in effect

The new law applies to delivery and takeout orders, not dine-in.

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Chicago restaurants are now banned from giving customers unsolicited plasticware, stirrers, condiment packets and napkins under a new law that went into effect Tuesday. Reset checks in with the lead sponsor of the ordinance and a local organization that’s working to reduce our dependency on single-use plastic and promote alternatives that are better for the environment.

GUESTS: Ald. Samantha Nugent, 39th Ward

Jon Schmidt, Organizing for Plastics Alternatives chairman