{"id":12720,"date":"2026-09-25T19:08:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/york-single-use-plastic-foodware-ban\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T12:36:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:36:02","slug":"york-single-use-plastic-foodware-ban","status":"publish","type":"referendum","link":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/york-single-use-plastic-foodware-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"York single-use plastic foodware ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e44e021b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-4-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-left is-style-short-red\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-portland-press-herald wp-block-embed-the-portland-press-herald\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6qmoPacsZn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/09\/01\/york-voters-could-make-a-single-use-plastic-ban-permanent-in-november\/\">York voters could make a single-use plastic ban permanent in November<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cYork voters could make a single-use plastic ban permanent in November\u201d \u2014 The Portland Press Herald\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/09\/01\/york-voters-could-make-a-single-use-plastic-ban-permanent-in-november\/embed\/#?secret=jPjifom6KO#?secret=6qmoPacsZn\" data-secret=\"6qmoPacsZn\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The people of York will decide whether to remove a sunset clause that would end the town&#8217;s exisiting single-use plastic ban on Dec. 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"voter_guide_referendum_type":"","voter_guide_referendum_needs":"","voter_guide_referendum_fiscal_impact":"N\/A","voter_guide_referendum_effective_if_passed":"","voter_guide_referendum_sponsor":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_required":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_collected":"","voter_guide_referendum_legislative_action":"","voter_guide_referendum_on_ballot_since":"","voter_guide_referendum_vote_yes_means":"Single-use plastics \u2014 including straws, stir sticks and utensils \u2014 will be permanently banned from York dining establishments.","voter_guide_referendum_vote_no_means":"The existing ban on single-use plastics will be lifted on Dec. 31, 2026.","voter_guide_referendum_related_links":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/09\/01\/york-voters-could-make-a-single-use-plastic-ban-permanent-in-november\/","_speedyseo_primary_vg_referendum_type":"","footnotes":""},"vg_scope":[899],"vg_municipality":[],"vg_referendum_type":[],"class_list":["post-12720","referendum","type-referendum","status-publish","hentry","vg_scope-local"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/referendum"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13408,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12720\/revisions\/13408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_scope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_scope?post=12720"},{"taxonomy":"vg_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_municipality?post=12720"},{"taxonomy":"vg_referendum_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_referendum_type?post=12720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}