WHITE PLAINS – In Westchester County, no longer will customers of food service established automatically be given plasticware. The new law is geared toward reducing the quantity of smaller single-use plastic items from the waste stream.
First Deputy Environmental Services Commissioner Lou Vetrone said customers wanting plastic forks, spoons, knives and the like will have to ask for them.
“Under this new law beginning in September, food service establishments in Westchester County are no longer able to provide single-use plastic food ware or condiment packets unless specifically requested by a customer,” he said.
That will apply to eating in, taking out, and ordering online delivery service and also include chopsticks, plastic lids, and coffee stirrers.
After the first six months of the law, fines may be levied for violators.
Hospitals and healthcare facilities will be exempt from the law.
