EDGARTOWN – Miniature liquor bottles, or “nips,” will no longer be sold at stores in Martha’s Vineyard next week as the May 1 Ban approved by voters goes into effect.
Voters in Oak Bluffs and Edgartown made the decision last April to ban the bottles, citing environmental concerns regarding pollution as bottles were found littered in various public spaces, as well as social concerns.
Martha’s Vineyard joins island neighbor Nantucket and numerous regional Cape municipalities including Falmouth and Mashpee in enacting bans on nips as part of a broad effort to keep regional roads, trails, and beaches clean, with many towns banning single-use plastics such as plastic water bottles.
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