May 5-NH Hoteles, the leading Spanish hotel group, and Symphony Environmental Technologies, one of the world's top specialists in degradable plastics, today launched a joint environmental initiative aimed at promoting eco-friendly, sustainable plastic technology throughout the world's hotel and catering sectors.
NH Hoteles, which is the third largest business hotel chain in Europe with three luxury hotels in London, will co-operate with Symphony to show companies in the catering and hotel sectors the environmental benefits of Controlled-Life (oxo-biodegradable) plastic instead of the normal plastic or other forms of degradable plastic currently used.
NHH currently has 393 hotels in 24 countries across Europe, America and Africa, providing almost 60,000 rooms, with another 45 hotels under construction.
Oxo-biodegradable plastic is the plastic that you can literally "tell" when to degrade. It is programmed with a pre-set lifespan during manufacture: from as little as a few months up to five years.
It will then degrade automatically, without any human intervention, either on land or in water. When it degrades, it does so completely, without leaving any traces or any harmful residues. It can also be recycled and reused like ordinary plastics.
The hotel and catering sectors are heavy users of plastic and both NH Hoteles and Symphony regard plastic with a short lifespan as an important contribution towards making plastic sustainable and reducing plastic waste in the environment.
NH Hoteles, which aims to be one of the world's greenest hotel groups, is keen to show that plastic can be used in an environmentally responsible fashion. The group (which already allows guests to measure the carbon footprint they generate during their stay) will be converting to Symphony's d2w plastic in all its hotels.
It will use d2w plastic for such items as shampoo bottles, laundry bags, carrier bags, bin liners and branded packaging. These will be available in all the group's hotels by the end of the second semester.
NH Hoteles is the first major hotel group to switch to oxo-biodegradable plastic for all its professional packaging requirements. Michael Laurier, CEO of Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc, commented: "The NH group's decision to specify d2w for its hotels and offices to launch its Green Initiative is a demonstration of its confidence in this form of degradable technology."
We are delighted that NH Hoteles, with its far-reaching concern for the environment, is using d2w technology for all its plastic packaging requirements and has recognised it as an ecologically beneficial form of plastic.
Gabriele Burgio, Chairman and CEO of NH Hoteles, said "As one of Europe's greenest hotel groups, NHH is already setting extremely high standards of environmental protection. We are very happy to be working with Symphony in this joint initiative."
NH Hoteles, which is the third largest business hotel chain in Europe with three luxury hotels in London, will co-operate with Symphony to show companies in the catering and hotel sectors the environmental benefits of Controlled-Life (oxo-biodegradable) plastic instead of the normal plastic or other forms of degradable plastic currently used.
NHH currently has 393 hotels in 24 countries across Europe, America and Africa, providing almost 60,000 rooms, with another 45 hotels under construction.
Oxo-biodegradable plastic is the plastic that you can literally "tell" when to degrade. It is programmed with a pre-set lifespan during manufacture: from as little as a few months up to five years.
It will then degrade automatically, without any human intervention, either on land or in water. When it degrades, it does so completely, without leaving any traces or any harmful residues. It can also be recycled and reused like ordinary plastics.
The hotel and catering sectors are heavy users of plastic and both NH Hoteles and Symphony regard plastic with a short lifespan as an important contribution towards making plastic sustainable and reducing plastic waste in the environment.
NH Hoteles, which aims to be one of the world's greenest hotel groups, is keen to show that plastic can be used in an environmentally responsible fashion. The group (which already allows guests to measure the carbon footprint they generate during their stay) will be converting to Symphony's d2w plastic in all its hotels.
It will use d2w plastic for such items as shampoo bottles, laundry bags, carrier bags, bin liners and branded packaging. These will be available in all the group's hotels by the end of the second semester.
NH Hoteles is the first major hotel group to switch to oxo-biodegradable plastic for all its professional packaging requirements. Michael Laurier, CEO of Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc, commented: "The NH group's decision to specify d2w for its hotels and offices to launch its Green Initiative is a demonstration of its confidence in this form of degradable technology."
We are delighted that NH Hoteles, with its far-reaching concern for the environment, is using d2w technology for all its plastic packaging requirements and has recognised it as an ecologically beneficial form of plastic.
Gabriele Burgio, Chairman and CEO of NH Hoteles, said "As one of Europe's greenest hotel groups, NHH is already setting extremely high standards of environmental protection. We are very happy to be working with Symphony in this joint initiative."
