oregon
Can a restaurant bypass Oregon&#39;s straw law by also selling boxes of straws?
<p>It appears that a restaurant could very easily circumvent <a href="https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB90/Enrolled" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Oregon's plastic straw law (2019 SB90)</a> by selling boxes of disposable plastic straws in addition to selling food and drink (with individual straws).</p>
<p>Section 1(1)(b):</p>
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<p>“Convenience store” means a business that, for compensation, offers or provides a range of commodities that includes food and beverages.</p>
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<p>Section 1(2):</p>
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<p>(a) A food and beverage provider or convenience store may not provide a single-use
plastic straw to a consumer unless the consumer specifically requests the single-use plastic
straw.
...
(c) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this subsection does not apply to a convenience
store that:
(A) Sells or offers single-use plastic straws for sale in bulk or unconnected with a sale
or provision of food or a beverage...</p>
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<p>By selling straws, food, and drink, I believe they are &quot;for compensation, offer[ing] or provid[ing] a range of commodities that includes food and beverages,&quot; and therefore are a &quot;convenience store.&quot; They are &quot;[s]ell[ing] or offer[ing] single-use plastic straws for sale in bulk or unconnected with a sale or provision of food or a beverage&quot;, so the prohibition does not apply. Is this correct?</p>

<p>Rather than deciding that a restaurant is a convenience store, the restaurant owner can, following the text that you quoted (&quot;unless the consumer specifically requests the single-use plastic straw&quot;), wait for the customer to request a straw, in which case they can give the customer a straw. If a restaurant owner decides to declare that it is a convenience store and not a restaurant, there could be unintended consquences, since (for examples) a convenience store can't serve a glass of beer.</p>
