Courtesy SC Aquarium 20% Non-Beach 18% Beach 16% 14% 12% 10% - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Courtesy SC Aquarium 20% Non-Beach 18% Beach 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% Aluminum Balloons Cigarettes Glass Bottles Plastic Bags Plastic Bottles Plastic Caps Plastic Food Plastic Straws Syrofoam Cans and Lids

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Courtesy SC Aquarium

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0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20%

Aluminum Cans Balloons Cigarettes Glass Bottles Plastic Bags Plastic Bottles Plastic Caps and Lids Plastic Food Wrappers/Film Plastic Fragments Straws Syrofoam

Non-Beach Beach

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Beach Litter Type Number of Items % of Total Plastic Food Wrappers/Film 191 18% Plastic Fragments 148 14% Plastic Caps and Lids 103 10% Cigarettes 79 8% Aluminum Cans 64 6% Plastic Bags 58 6% Plastic Bottles 51 5% Styrofoam 45 4% Straws 14 1% Balloons 13 1% Glass Bottles 10 1% Total Items 1052 100% Non-beach Litter Type Number of Items % of Total Plastic Food Wrappers/Film 672 20% Straws 396 12% Plastic Fragments 368 11% Cigarettes 353 11% Plastic Caps and Lids 212 6% Styrofoam 159 5% Plastic Bottles 158 5% Aluminum Cans 126 4% Plastic Bags 116 3% Glass Bottles 70 2% Balloons 25 1% Total Items 3361 100%

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Establishment Type Number SUP Bags SUP Bag % SUP Straws SUP Straws % Styrofoam Styrofoam % Serves Food 32 11 34% 24 75% 9 28% Retail 31 2 6% 0% 0% Other 11 0% 0% 0% Total 74 13 18% 24 32% 9 12%

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SUMMARY OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC REGULATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA

Jurisdiction Date Passed Enforcement Date Use or Distribution? Waiver? (Y/N) Waiver Period Items Covered City of Island of Palms 6/23/2015 1/1/2016 Distribution Y 1 YR SUP Bags City of Folly Beach 10/1/2016 1/1/2017 Distribution/Use on beach Y 1 YR Glass, SUP bags, balloons and styrofoam Town of Surfside Beach 1/23/2018 6/1/2018 Distribution Y 1 YR SUP Bags Town of Hilton Head 1/9/2018 11/1/2018 Distribution N N/A SUP Bags City of Beaufort 1/9/2018 11/1/2018 Distribution N N/A SUP Bags Beaufort County 1/22/2018 11/1/2018 Distribution/County Events N N/A SUP Bags Town of Bluffton 2/13/2018 11/1/2018 Distribution N N/A SUP Bags Town of Port Royal 2/14/2018 11/1/2018 Distribution N N/A SUP Bags Town of Sullivan's Island 11/20/2018 12/1/2018 Distribution/Use om Beach Y 1 YR SUP Bags, straws, and Styrofoam Town of Mount Pleasant 4/1/2018 4/1/2019 Distribution/Town facilities + Contractors Y 1 YR SUP Bags, Styrofoam Charleston County 3/21/2019 9/1/2019 Distribution/Town facilities + Contractors Y 1 YR SUP Bags, straws, and Styrofoam City of Charleston 11/27/2018 1/1/2020 Distribution/Town facilities + Contractors Y 1 YR SUP Bags, straws, and Styrofoam Town of James Island 1/17/2019 1/1/2020 Distribution/Town facilities + Contractors Y 1 YR SUP Bags, straws, and Styrofoam City of Camden 3/26/2019 1/1/2020 Distribution/Town facilities + Contractors Y 1 YR SUP Bags Town of Arcadia Lakes 2/7/2019 3/1/2020 Distribution/Town facilities + Contractors Y 1 YR SUP Bags, Styrofoam City of North Myrtle Beach 4/15/2019 1/1/2021 Distribution N N/A SUP Bags Adopted same ordinance countywide

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