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SB130 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE FOAM PRODUCTS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE FOAM PRODUCTS.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2025-06-26
Official status
SS 1 for SB 130 - Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE FOAM PRODUCTS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE FOAM PRODUCTS.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE FOAM PRODUCTS.
  • This Act prohibits retail stores and wholesalers from selling, distributing, or offering for sale expanded polystyrene foam products, including expanded polystyrene foam food service packaging, expanded polystyrene foam coolers used for cold storage of food, and expanded polystyrene foam loose fill packaging.
  • Expanded polystyrene foam packaging such as single use expanded polystyrene foam food containers or loose fill expanded polystyrene foam products such as packing peanuts are difficult to recycle and are not accepted in Delaware’s curbside recycling program.
  • Such products typically end up in landfills, where they take hundreds of years to break down.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-26 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 130 - Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House

  2. 2025-06-26 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 130 - Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits

  3. 2025-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 130 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO

  4. 2025-06-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 130

  5. 2025-05-14 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits

  6. 2025-05-07 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE FOAM PRODUCTS.
This Act prohibits retail stores and wholesalers from selling, distributing, or offering for sale expanded polystyrene foam products, including expanded polystyrene foam food service packaging, expanded polystyrene foam coolers used for cold storage of food, and expanded polystyrene foam loose fill packaging. Expanded polystyrene foam packaging such as single use expanded polystyrene foam food containers or loose fill expanded polystyrene foam products such as packing peanuts are difficult to recycle and are not accepted in Delaware’s curbside recycling program. Such products typically end up in landfills, where they take hundreds of years to break down. By prohibiting the sale of expanded polystyrene foam products, this Act helps to protect the environment from harmful waste.

This Act allows for a temporary waiver of the prohibition on expanded polystyrene foam products under either of the following circumstances:

1. There is no feasible or commercially available alternative fo