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The four levers

Reusability

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Intended is doing the work, and intention is read from the design.

The wording

A small plastic bottle is one "that is intended to be nonreusable by the end user". So a container intended to be reusable is outside the definition.

Which sounds like an easy answer

It is not. Intention is read from the object and its presentation rather than from a claim, exactly as intended use is read in every other property here.

What makes a container read as reusable

A closure that reseals properly, a wall thickness that survives handling, a design that invites refilling, and a presentation that says so. A thin bottle with a peel foil does not become reusable because a label says it is.

And the end user is the guest

Not the hotel. A bottle the housekeeping team refills is still being provided to a guest who will not refill it, and the definition names the end user specifically.

Which is why dispensers answer the rule so cleanly

A wall-mounted dispenser is not provided to the guest as a bottle at all. It sidesteps capacity, material and reusability in one move.

A refill programme is a different claim

A property that collects, cleans and refills bottles between stays is making a real reusability case. It is also an operational commitment that most housekeeping operations are not set up for.

Be conservative with this lever

Of the four it is the one most dependent on a reading, and the one a local enforcement officer is most likely to see differently. Capacity and material are numbers; this is a judgment.

Document the design intent

If a product rests on reusability, the design rationale, the closure specification and the guest-facing messaging are the evidence. Having them written is the difference between a position and an assertion.

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
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.