Missouri packaging and PFAS bills

What it would do: Beginning January 1, 2027, Missouri State Parks must prefer suppliers offering nonplastic alternatives in contracts. Beginning January 1, 2028, retail concessionaires in state parks cannot sell or distribute single-use plastic bags, bottled water, or polystyrene food containers, with exceptions for medically necessary items, unavailable alternatives, and emergencies.

What it would do: Requires the Department of Natural Resources to regulate manufacture, use, storage, and remediation of firefighting foam with intentionally added PFAS. Prohibits manufacturing, selling, or distributing such foam in Missouri beginning January 1, 2028, except for airport and marine defense applications required by federal law.

What it would do: Prohibits sale or distribution of products containing intentionally added PFAS in specified categories including cleaning products, cookware, cosmetics, and juvenile products, effective January 1, 2033 unless deemed currently unavoidable. Requires manufacturers to submit product information to the Department of Natural Resources.

What it would do: Repeals section 260.283 of Missouri law, which previously prohibited political subdivisions from imposing bans, fees, or taxes on paper or plastic bags and required merchants to offer customers a choice of bag types.

What it would do: Repeals section 260.283, which previously allowed businesses to provide customers with either paper or plastic bags and prohibited political subdivisions from banning, taxing, or imposing fees on paper or plastic bags.

What it would do: Establishes a producer responsibility program requiring producers of packaging materials and paper products to fund statewide recycling services through a nonprofit organization, with collection and recycling rate targets and producer responsibility dues based on material type and recyclability.

What it would do: Requires the Department of Natural Resources to regulate manufacture, use, storage, and remediation of firefighting foam with intentionally added PFAS. Prohibits such foam sales in Missouri beginning January 1, 2028, except for airport and marine defense uses required by federal law.

What it would do: Modifies solid waste management definitions and requirements, increases per-ton fees from one dollar to two dollars and fifty cents effective October 1, 2027, eliminates solid waste management districts effective August 28, 2026, and transfers district oversight to the Department of Natural Resources.

What it would do: Repeals the state prohibition that prevented political subdivisions from imposing bans, fees, or taxes on paper or plastic bags, allowing local governments to regulate bag use.

What it would do: Requires the Department of Natural Resources to regulate manufacture, use, storage, and remediation of firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS. Prohibits manufacturing or selling such foam in Missouri beginning January 1, 2027, except for airport and military defense applications required by federal law.