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Articles tagged “travel beyond plastics”

Airlines

Atlanta: An Airport Case Study in Trying to Manage Plastic Waste

To reduce plastic waste, airports have to work with airlines, concessionaires, travelers, designers, local governments, and other parties. That's a lot of people to educate and much behavior to influence.

Atlanta: An Airport Case Study in Trying to Manage Plastic Waste

Airlines

Airlines May Have a Tougher Road to Reducing Plastics Than Hotels

It's easy to say that travel companies should ditch plastics to help save the environment, but this will be much harder for airlines than some other sectors.

Airlines May Have a Tougher Road to Reducing Plastics Than Hotels

Airlines

Plastics in Airline Catering Raise Questions About Carbon Emissions

Airlines have a love-hate relationship with plastics, especially when it comes to food and beverage. Plastics pose a serious environmental threat, but at the same time they're lightweight and thereby help reduce carbon emissions. Can carriers tackle both of these problems at once?

Plastics in Airline Catering Raise Questions About Carbon Emissions

Hotels

What Happens When Hotels Pledge to Reduce Plastics?

It's one thing for a hotel to join a coalition and promise to reduce its plastic footprint, and another to make measurable progress.

What Happens When Hotels Pledge to Reduce Plastics?

Hotels

Hotels Have a Problem With Plastics: A Skift Deep Dive

The hotel industry is just waking up to the problem of plastic waste, but this is a two-way street. Hotels rely on this convenient, affordable material just as much as travelers do. The real struggle is turning newfound global awareness and municipal legislation into swift action.

Hotels Have a Problem With Plastics: A Skift Deep Dive

Skift Originals

Why We Are Covering Plastics as a Travel Beat

Everywhere you look in travel, you see it. It touches every end of the travel experience. And that's not good. So why wouldn't Skift focus on plastics as a core area of coverage? You're going to want to read these stories.

Why We Are Covering Plastics as a Travel Beat