Last seek Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued an order seeking to reduce the procurement, sale and distribution of single-use plastic products and packaging, with a goal of phasing out single-use plastic products on all lands managed by the Interior Department by 2032.
According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, under an option allowed during the Obama administration, about 23 Park Service sites barred the sales of disposable plastic water bottles. Among them were Arches, Bryce, Canyonlands, Grand Canyon and Mount Rushmore national parks, and, in Colorado, just one site, Colorado National Monument.