Birthday parties and gender-reveal announcements will certainly lose some of their sizzle in the town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island. Effective April 9, 2018, the town council passed an ordinance banning the sale, use and distribution of balloons.

“Balloons pose a risk and nuisance to the environment, particularly to wildlife and marine animals. Anyone who walks the beach or spends time on the water has seen that balloons have become common in the local marine ecosystem,” according to a statement on the town’s website announcing the ban.