Delaware packaging and PFAS laws

What Delaware has enacted on packaging and PFAS, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Delaware is one of 21 states that enacted a packaging and PFAS law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope
4bills in scope
Past committee
4past committee
Most recent action
30 September 2026most recent action

Packaging and PFAS laws enacted in Delaware

3 packaging and PFAS laws enacted in the Delaware Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • HB 356AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PFAS IN FIREFIGHTING FOAM AND EQUIPMENT.Enacted 30 September 2026

    PFAS bans in products

  • SB 72AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS.Enacted 19 September 2025

    What it requires: Public drinking water systems must comply with maximum contaminant levels for PFAS substances: PFOA and PFOS at 4.0 PPT, PFHxS and PFNA at 10 PPT, HFPO-DA at 10 PPT, and a Hazard Index MCL of 1 for mixtures of two or more of these substances. If the EPA establishes a lower MCL, that lower EPA standard becomes the applicable MCL.

    PFAS in water, land and health

  • SB 178AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF POLYSTYRENE FOAM FOOD SERVICE PACKAGING IN LEVEL IV AND LEVEL V DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES.Enacted 1 July 2025

    What it requires: The Department of Correction must comply with restrictions on the use of polystyrene foam food service packaging as of July 1, 2026. Until that date, Level IV and Level V Department of Correction facilities are exempted from these restrictions.

    Plastics bans and bottle deposits

Packaging and PFAS in Delaware, by topic

Packaging and PFAS bills in Delaware

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

3Enacted

1Past committee

4 bills in scope

Past committee

1

SB 130AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE FOAM PRODUCTS.Passed chamber

What it would do: Prohibits retail stores and wholesalers from selling expanded polystyrene foam food service packaging, coolers, and loose fill packaging in Delaware, with exceptions for portion cups 2 ounces or less, raw meat trays, and coolers for cold storage or live marine life transport, effective January 1, 2027.

Bill titles link to the Delaware Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as packaging and PFAS legislation

In scope: Packaging EPR; pFAS bans in products; pFAS in water, land and health; plastics bans and bottle deposits; and recyclability and labeling claims.

Questions

Does Delaware have a packaging and PFAS law?

Yes. Delaware enacted 3 packaging and PFAS laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them HB 356, SB 72 and SB 178. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

Which packaging and PFAS bills are moving in Delaware?

1 bill not yet law has passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along SB 130 (passed chamber).

What does Delaware legislate on most in packaging and PFAS?

Plastics bans and bottle deposits (2 bills), PFAS bans in products (1 bill) and PFAS in water, land and health (1 bill).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Packaging and PFAS bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

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