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Case study: Noronha Plástico Zero — what Brazil’s strictest disposable-plastic ban means for hospitality suppliers

Since a December 2018 decree, Fernando de Noronha has banned the entry, sale and use of disposable plastics — bottles under 500 ml, straws, cups, plates, cutlery, bags and styrofoam — with airport inspections, a 120-day conformity window and penalties up to licence cancellation. A documented case of what enforcement-first plastic bans look like in practice, and why they create real demand for certified alternatives.

Case study: how Starbucks eliminated 1 billion plastic straws a year — why redesign beat material substitution

Starbucks committed in 2018 to removing plastic straws from more than 28,000 stores by 2020 — a move the company says eliminates over 1 billion straws per year. The winning fix was not a substitute material but a redesigned strawless lid with 9% less plastic than the old lid-plus-straw combination. A documented case in designing the disposable component out instead of swapping it.

Case study: how Six Senses cut remaining plastic consumption 68% in three years — the timeline bamboo amenity suppliers should study

Six Senses reduced its remaining plastic consumption by 68% between 2019 and the end of 2022, avoided roughly 1.76 million plastic bottles in 2022 through on-site glass bottling, and replaced plastic straws with paper, bamboo and lemongrass back in 2016. A documented, year-by-year timeline from one of the industry's most aggressive plastic-elimination programmes — with the transferable playbook for smaller properties.

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.