THA Expected 300 Hotels Can Cut Biodegradable Supply Cost to Replace Plastic Usage.
21-1-2019—Today at Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), TAT Governor Mr.Yuttasak chaired the event“TAT-THA Together Reduce Plastic” to promote environmental reservation among tourism operators.
Start with 62 hotels joined the one time plastic usage scheme today, Thai Hotel Association (THA) President, Mrs.Supawan is targeting 300 hotels to join the plastic reduction scheme fore big enough economy of scale to reduce the cost of the biodegradable material supply to replace one time usage plastic, such as straw and drinking water PET bottle ., etc.
“The average cost of each plastic straw using in the hotel is about 0.20 baht each when the cost of paper straw is 0.60 baht each. If we have at least 300 hotels joined in Reduced Plastic Usage Scheme, more demand could reduce hotels’ cost for the biodegradable straw, including others biodegradable packaging to replace plastics packaging,” said THA President Mrs.Supawan.
Mr.Yuttasak TAT Governor said the plastic reduction scheme is under the declaration
“Cool Tour Not Produce Garbage Reduce Earth’s Dirty”, aiming to push and promote hotels in Thailand together join reducing and stop one-time-throw-away plastic usage in hotel’s activity, to promote Thai Hotel’s good image in environmental reservation, including campaigning tourism operators, such as Travel Agents and Online Room Booking Agent or Online Travel Agent (OTA) to support or choosing the service of the hotel applied to join the scheme.
In order to encourage hotel to apply to the scheme, TAT will provide the right for hotel to join the trade show exhibition and to have the hotels promoted during the roadshow organized by TAT and to announce the name list of the hotels applied to the scheme and promote them by doing public relations works broadcast through the media of TAT and THA network while THA will certify the hotels in plastics usage reduction that can help support the hotels in others environmental certification.TAT and THA wish it will be the incentive for the hotel to apply to join the plastic reduction scheme.
All the hotel that joined the scheme must be compiled in the following 12 provisions; 1) Reduce the product for the bathroom which has plastic packaging. 2) Reduce plastic bag for laundry and garbage bin in residence room.3) Using the local product or biodegradable packaging. 4) Reduce providing water in the plastic bottle in the hotel and use the cooler/tank in seminar meeting. 5) Reduce plastic straw. 6) Provide self-service F&B corner in seminar meeting. 7) Reduce to serve F&B with plastic packaging. 8) Provide garbage separation spot on the beach next to the hotel area. 9) Create plastic free services for users. 10) Provide garbage separation in the hotel.11) Conduct the plastic reduction activity in a hotel operation.12) Promote and support service users, trade partners, and business partners to reduce using plastic, according to THA.
All the legally registered hotel nationwide can apply to join the scheme from today on until 31 December 2019 through www.thaihotels.org.
