Florida is now one of 10 states that has a law limiting or outlawing balloon releases, according to Balloons Blow, a nonprofit organization that advocates against balloon releases.
Balloon releases are popular during memorial services or celebrations of life as a way to commemorate someone who was killed.
Some stores, like Walmart, carry biodegradable balloons for this reason, but Florida’s law wouldn’t allow those kinds of balloons, either. In fact, there are no balloons that meet the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission’s biodegradability requirements, according to a staff analysis.
I hate “balloon releases”. It’s a polluting, wildlife killing practice. Not worth a flash moment of color in the sky, and certainly not a long held tradition like candle lanterns.
It all ends up as litter. Not to mention the harms it can cause wild and domestic animals.
“Biodegradable” balloons are still needlessly detrimental to animals and the environment.
These laws are more than reasonable.
Balloon releases are a weird way of memoralizing.