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Accor Hotels

Accor Hotels is the latest global hotel chain to eliminate travel-sized toiletries from its rooms. The company, which owns 40 brands including Ibis, Novotel, the Fairmont and Mondrian, announced Wednesday that it's removing individual tubes of shampoo, conditioner and bath gel from its 340,000 guest rooms. It's part of Accor's broader environmental campaign that includes getting rid of all single-use plastic items at its 5,000 properties. -- To help this fight against the single use of plastic and other polluting products, we at...

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UAE fights single use of plastic

UAE: The change is coming. 2020 the year we take steps to stop the usage of single use plastics. hashtag#saynotoplastic https://lnkd.in/fv_MHXW -- To help this fight against the single use of plastic and other polluting products, we at BioWare Trading LLC have launched a one-stop shop for all 100% biodegradable products, visit www.bioware.me

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Plastic Pollution

It's the first time the impact of plastic pollution on people - not just wildlife - has been studied. The study shows that many people in the poorest parts of the world are getting ill and dying from diseases caused by the burning of rubbish and plastic near their homes. Researchers found that between 400,000 and a million people die each year from diseases like diarrhoea, malaria and cancer caused by living near uncollected waste and plastic pollution. That's because when...

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