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9. Sands China Bans Plastic Straws; Outlines Further Initiatives
Sands China has stopped offering guests plastic straws at all its properties, in an effort to reduce the consumption of single-use plastics. The company's ban on the use of plastic straws went into effect on 1 January 2019 and will eliminate the use of 2.2 million plastic straws each year, saving about 1 ton of plastic annually. Laid down end-to-end on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Br
10. Laguna Lang Co Supports Sustainability Projects in Vietnam
The Laguna Lang Co resort in Vietnam is urging sustainability projects around the country to take advantage of a new eco grant scheme that it has helped to develop. With initiatives including a moratorium on single-use plastics and its “edible golf course” planted with rice fields and tended by water buffalos, Laguna Lang Co is regarded as a standard-bearer for sustainable tourism
11. Qantas Operates World's First Zero-Waste Flight
The first-ever commercial flight to produce no landfill waste took to the skies on Wednesday, marking the start of Qantas’ plan to cut 100 million single-use plastics by end-2020 and eliminate 75% of the airline’s waste by end-2021.
12. Accor Commits to Global Elimination of Single-Use Plastics by 2022
Accor has announced that it will remove all single-use plastic items from the guest-side of its business by the end of 2022. In addition to a previous initiative to eliminate all plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds, this new commitment includes:
13. WFS Starts Using BioNatur Plastic for Cargo Handling
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has started converting the majority of plastic products used in its cargo handling operations over to the BioNatur Plastics line of sustainable products manufactured by M&G Packaging.
14. Air Canada to Replace Plastic Stirrers with Bamboo Alternative
Air Canada has unveiled a plan to reduce single-use plastics onboard aircraft and in its workplaces. Starting in summer 2019, Air Canada will replace plastic with bamboo stirrers in drinks served on all flights, a move that will save 35 million plastic stirrers annually – enough if laid end-to-end to join Halifax and Vancouver.
15. Airbus Delivers First A350 XWB Centre Wing Box to St Nazaire Facility
The first A350 XWB centre wing box has been delivered from Airbus’ site in Nantes to its St Nazaire facility where it will be assembled into the first A350 XWB fuselage. The A350 XWB centre wing box, made from 40% carbon fibre reinforced plastics, measures 6.5 metres by 5.5 metres and is 3.9 metres tall.
16. Greener Water @ Ritz-Carlton Hotels
Greener Water @ Ritz-Carlton Hotels. Manufacturing the new bottle requires 49% less fossil fuels, 45% less energy, and 75% less greenhouse gases than a PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) classic bottle. In addition, the bottle does not contain BPA (Bisphenol A), the harmful product found in many plastics.

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