Illinois Hates Tiny Bottles of Soap

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is a man of priorities. When it comes to running Illinois, he truly knows what issues need to be addressed, and by golly, he gets things done. When looking at his state, he knew what problem had to be moved to the top of his list of things to handle—and no, it wasn’t the violence in Chicago (calm down, only ONE head has been found in a box this month). No, my friends, the true enemy here is plastic…little bottles of it.

5 Chicago reports:  

Head’s up, travelers: Your days of using those tiny free toiletry bottles of shampoo, conditioner and body wash at Illinois hotels are numbered.

According to the Small Single-Use Plastic Bottle Act — a new Illinois law signed into effect last month by Gov. J.B. Pritzker — hotels will soon be banned from providing single-use plastic bottles containing personal care products like lotion or shower gel to sleeping guests.

The law also applies to all bottles in guest rooms and public restrooms that contain personal care products and are smaller than 6 ounces and not intended for re-use.

The law does state hotels may provide personal care products in small plastic bottles to guests upon request, but only in places other than a sleeping room or public hotel bathroom.

Hotels that violate the law would receive a written warning for the first violation, and could face a civil penalty of up to $500 for violations thereafter.

The new law will go into effect July 1, 2025, in hotels with 50 rooms or more, and Jan. 1, 2026, in hotels with less than 50 rooms.

The kicker of all this is J.B. Pritzker flies around on private jets—which spew out way more toxins into the environment than our tiny pleb plastic bottles ever well.

Rules for thee, but not for me.