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First single-use plastic free hotel launches in Asia
First single-use plastic free hotel launches in Asia
March 2, 2018

Asian hotelier Akaryn Hotel Group is leading the fight against plastic pollution by opening a single-use plastic free hotel in Bangkok.

The company aims to become a single-use plastic free hotel group by 2020, and its newest opening, akyra TAS Sukhumvit Bangkok, launching in May 2018, is set to lead the charge in this initiative.

The hotel group is responding to devastating statistics that show eight million tonnes of plastic is thrown away each year, effectively creating a seventh continent spread over 3.4 million square miles in the Pacific Ocean.

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