Plastic Free Hotels

When you stay in a hotel, do they provide tiny bottles of shampoo, conditioner and body wash? What about plastic cups, plastic wrapped biscuits, tea and coffee? It is possible to change this to create plastic free hotels.

This article appeared in the Bournemouth Echo in September 2019 and is about The Marsham Court hotel. The hotel has successfully switched from single-use plastics to refillable alternatives.

They have also improved recycling in the hotel by noticing customer habits and meeting the demand. This has been done by providing jute recycling bags to each room and extra recycling bins throughout the hotel.

Click here to read the article

Clean Conscience

Also mentioned in this article is a company called Clean Conscience, who provide recycling for hotel soap and toiletries and are the only company in the UK who offer this.

There are videos all about the business on the website and they are well worth watching.

Click this link to visit the site and find out about this amazing company

The home page of the website gives you all the details of the Hotel programme and how they re-use and re-purpose all the leftover and unused toiletries.

To find out what local businesses are already doing, have a look at the showcase on the Business Champions page. If you would like to see more plastic free hotels, let your favourite places to stay know.