New WTTC, UNEP report urges tourism stakeholders to rethink single-use plastics TTG Asia


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In a bid to put the travel and tourism sector on a path towards sustainable recovery, the WTTC and the United Nations Environment Programme have launched a new report addressing the issue of single-use plastic products within the industry. Entitled Rethinking Single-Use Plastic Products in Travel & Tourism, the report is a first step to mapping single-use plastic products across the travel and tourism value chain, identifying hotspots for environmental leakages, and providing practical and strategic recommendations for businesses and policymakers. WTTC’s new report highlights that around 90 per cent of ocean plastic are derived from land-based sources It is...