Case study: how Accor removed 46 single-use plastic items from the guest experience — and what bamboo amenity suppliers should learn from it
By the end of 2022, 84% of Accor hotels had eliminated 46 types of single-use plastics from the guest experience, dispenser programmes were avoiding more than 300 tons of plastic a year, and a plastic-free range of nearly 50 accessories — made from wood, bamboo and kraft paper with external non-deforestation certification — had reached 1,200 hotels. A documented, sourced breakdown of what changed, and the transferable playbook for independent hotels.