Single use plastic bottles are now replaced to glass bottles in Hotels.

Luxury hotel group Mandarin Oriental plans to eliminate all single-use plastic by the end of March 2021.

The hotel group has pledged to abolish all single-use plastic currently in use across all operational departments, including rooms, spas, transport, restaurants and bars at its hotels. It says its goal is to cover plastics used in all areas of the hotel, instead of just public areas seen by customers.

Mandarin Oriental said that an elimination campaign has been underway at all of its properties. Following a stock inventory, the group identified 23 of the most common items of single-use plastics currently in use across its portfolio. It says 86 per cent of these initial items have been eliminated or are being phased out in all its hotels.

A spokesperson from Mandarin Oriental Group told Business Traveller Asia-Pacific that one of the first key initiatives was the phasing out of single-use plastic water bottles in spas. Instead of providing plastic bottled water to guests, hotels now offer two refreshment options to the guests, namely fruit- or herb-infused water and water from the dispenser. Hotels also install water filtration systems to avoid single-use plastic bottles. Bottled water is discretely offered upon request.