{"id":38972,"date":"2024-04-30T09:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T09:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/30\/are-disposable-hotel-slippers-the-next-plastic-straws\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T09:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T09:37:24","slug":"are-disposable-hotel-slippers-the-next-plastic-straws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/30\/are-disposable-hotel-slippers-the-next-plastic-straws\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Disposable Hotel Slippers the Next Plastic Straws?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In November, managers at the Arenas del Mar<\/a> resort near Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica, challenged employees to come up with ways to operate more sustainably. The maintenance crew suggested electric locks on guest room doors. The food and beverage department proposed making jams from fruit peels. And the housekeepers advised: Ditch the slippers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t make sense because you use them once and throw them out,\u201d said Hans Pfister, the president and co-founder of Cayuga Collection<\/a>, the hotel group that manages the resort, which took housekeeping\u2019s advice. \u201cIt\u2019s very wasteful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like plastic straws and mini bottles of shampoo, disposable slippers \u2014 flimsy models usually made of plastic and fabric, and often found bedside at turndown or bagged in hotel closets \u2014 are the next single-use item in the cross hairs of sustainability activists.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything single-use is problematic,\u201d wrote Willy Legrand, a sustainable hospitality expert and a professor at the IU International University of Applied Sciences in Bad Honnef, Germany, in an email. He cited the large footprint of a small slipper once you factor in production, shipping and waste. Single-use slippers, he said, \u201cfeel out of place and out of touch.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n