Launch “Guide to Honest Alternatives to Single-use Plastics for the Hospitality Sector”

Balearic Islands, 16 March 2022 – On the eve of the anniversary of the ban on single-use plastic products in the Balearic Islands, Plastic Free Balearics is calling for more incentives for companies to opt for reusable alternatives and more measures against bioplastics to avoid so-called false solutions.

The Plastic Free Balearics certification, an initiative even more ambitious than the law itself, aims to help hospitality companies on the four islands to eliminate single-use plastics and provides the sector with tools to facilitate its implementation.

The “Guide to Honest Alternatives to Single-use Plastics for the Hospitality Sector” is one of the main tools developed by the project, and its launch coincides with the anniversary of the implementation of the Balearic Law 8/2019 on Waste and Contaminated Soils, which was
brought in on 20 March 2021. This regulation bans the sale, distribution and use of single-use
products such as disposable plates, cutlery,glasses, cups and food trays made of plastic, as
well as plastic rings on six-packs of drinks.

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Link to the full “Guide to Honest Alternatives to Single-use Plastics for the Hospitality Sector”