We are probably all guilty of taking toiletries (at least once 😉) from your favourite hotel after your stay but that all could be coming to an end – at least in Europe. The European Commission is introducing a new scheme to possibly ban the use of miniature toiletries in hotels as part of new rules on packaging and waste across the European Union.
“Packaging is one of the main users of virgin materials as 40% of plastics and 50% of paper used in the EU is destined for packaging,” a report from the European Commission about the ban states. “Without action, the EU would see a further 19% increase in packaging waste by 2030, and for plastic packaging waste even a 46% increase.”
Guests will have to provide their own or use a refillable alternative if provided by the hotel. A small price to pay, if you think about the grand scale of these small and hard to reuse, plastic packaging products.
Do you think we should jump on this initiative here in Aotearoa?