Hotels will soon be banned from providing small bottles of shampoo and lotion

If you plan on staying in a New York hotel in 2025 , you might need to bring along more for your visit than you initially thought.

New York state hotels with more than 50 rooms will no longer be allowed to provide customers with small bottles of “hospitality care” products from January 1, 2025.

The new state law was created to reduce waste. Small bottles are defined as any bottle under 12 ounces.

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The bill defines a "'hospitality personal care product” as “a product provided by a hotel. It adds hospitality care products are "intended to be applied to or used on the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, conditioning, or moisturizing".

Hospitality personal care products include but are not limited to, shampoo, conditioner, lotion and liquid soap.

Starting from 2026, all hotels in New York will have to adhere to the small bottle ban. Many hotels have already transitioned and installed dispensers with shampoo and/or body wash for guests to use in lieu of the small bottles.