MCC §20.26.040
Plastic Disposable Foodware Ban
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗This section bans plastic disposable foodware in Maui County. Food providers and County facilities cannot sell or give it out. Non-plastic alternatives are allowed, but only if the customer asks for them or they are in a self-service area.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Prohibitions
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Maui County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Except as provided in section 20.26.050 :
A.
Food providers must not sell, use, provide, or offer the use of plastic disposable
foodware.
B.
Plastic disposable foodware must not be sold, used, provided, or offered for use at
any County facility, County-authorized concession, County-sponsored or County-permitted
event, or County program.
C.
Plastic disposable foodware must not be sold, used, provided, or offered for sale
or sold in the County.
D.
Nothing in this chapter precludes food providers from using or making available non-plastic
alternative utensils, such as those made from paper, sugar cane, or bamboo; except,
however, that non-plastic utensils must only be provided upon the request or affirmative
response of a person being provided the prepared food or beverage or in a self-service
area or dispenser.
( Ord. No. 5084 , § 1, 2020; Ord. No. 4457 , § 2, 2018, eff. 12-31-2018)
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗as published Nov 21, 2025our copy taken Aug 21, 2026
Published by the County of Maui through Municode.
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