The four levers

Material

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The wording Which puts glass outside it Our shelf has 28 glass containers Glass in a hotel bathroom is a real objection So it suits specific properties Aluminium is the other direction Do not assume other states match And the spirit of the rule is plastic waste So material is a route, not a recommendation References

Glass is not reached by the text, which is a real route and an awkward one.

The wording

The definition is of "a plastic bottle or container". Material is in the definition rather than in an exception, so a non-plastic container is simply not the thing being banned.

Which puts glass outside it

A 50 mL glass amenity bottle is not a small plastic bottle, whatever its capacity and whatever is in it.

Our shelf has 28 glass containers

13 of them under six ounces. That is a small set and it is a genuine answer for a property that wants individual bottles and has to comply.

Glass in a hotel bathroom is a real objection

Wet floors, bare feet and breakage. Many operators will not consider it for exactly that reason, and that is a sound operational judgment rather than a compliance one.

So it suits specific properties

A spa, a high-end suite, a vacation rental with a bath rather than a shower. Places where the amenity is part of the product and the risk is managed differently.

Aluminium is the other direction

Not plastic, not breakable, and increasingly used for this exact reason. It is not on this shelf, which is worth saying plainly rather than leaving to be discovered.

Do not assume other states match

A statute elsewhere might define the banned article by capacity and single use without reference to material, in which case the glass route closes. This is the lever most likely to differ.

And the spirit of the rule is plastic waste

Which means a glass solution that is thrown away per guest satisfies the text and not the purpose. Worth knowing when a customer asks what their guests will think.

So material is a route, not a recommendation

The text does not reach glass, and that is worth knowing precisely. Whether glass belongs in a wet guest bathroom is a different question, and for most properties the answer to it is no.

References

California Public Resources Code 42372 and following, added by AB 1162. A "small plastic bottle" is "a plastic bottle or container with less than a 6-ounce capacity that is intended to be nonreusable by the end user". A "lodging establishment" is "an establishment that contains one or more sleeping room accommodations that are rented or otherwise provided to the public, including, but not limited to, a hotel, motel, resort, bed and breakfast inn, or vacation rental". A "personal care product" for this purpose "shall include only shampoo, hair conditioner, and bath soap". In force from 1 January 2023 above 50 rooms and 1 January 2024 at 50 rooms or fewer, with a written warning for a first violation and up to $500 a day thereafter. codes.findlaw.com

New York, Illinois and Washington have enacted comparable measures on their own timetables and with their own definitions. This property quotes California because that text would serve to us. Read the statute that applies to the state you are supplying rather than assuming the definitions match; the capacity threshold, the named products and the room-count tiers are all places they can differ.

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 18 October 2026. The hospitality shelf is 688 rows: 390 containers and 298 closures, 300 PET, 62 HDPE and 28 glass, from 15 to 500 mL with a median of 118. Measured against six US fluid ounces, 228 containers fall under the line and 162 are at or above it. Of the 28 glass containers, 13 are under 6 oz and the definition does not reach any of them.

Written from California Public Resources Code 42372 and following, and from the catalog as it stood on 18 October 2026. Other states have enacted comparable measures with their own definitions and dates, which this property names rather than quotes; read the one that applies to you. Amenity products are also cosmetics, which the grooming property covers.