GLOBAL TOURISM PLASTICS INITIATIVE

GLOBAL TOURISM PLASTICS INITIATIVE

Sustainable Development Goals

The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative unites the tourism sector behind a common vision to address the root causes of plastic pollution. It enables businesses, governments and other tourism stakeholders to lead by example in the shift towards a circular economy of plastics.

Over 100 organizations have become signatories of the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative and disclosed their ambitious commitments with regards to the elimination of unnecessary single-use plastics, transition to reuse models and use of reusable, recyclable, or compostable plastic packaging and items.

Global Tourism Plastics Initiative signatories make the following actionable commitments by 2025:

• Eliminate problematic or unnecessary plastic packaging and items;
• Take action to move from single-use to reuse models or reusable alternatives;
• (Engage the value chain to) move towards 100% of plastic packaging to be reusable, recyclable, or compostable;
• Take action to increase the amount of recycled content across all plastic packaging and items used;
• Collaborate and invest to increase the recycling and composting rates for plastics; and
• Report publicly and annually on progress made towards these targets.

Read more here: https://www.unwto.org/sustainable-development/global-tourism-plastics-initiative