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Shunyoso

Shunyoso Cultural Asset Preservation Society is a cultural and historical landmark, located in, Sumoto City on Awaji Shima (Island) of Hyogo Prefecture. The Shunyoso project is to restore and preserve a registered tangible cultural property utilizing community-based and sustainable tourism as a tool. The use of renewable and sustainable materials to operate Shunyoso is a high priority. Shunyoso's operation heavily incorporates the concept of the Triple bottom line (Environment, Society, and Economy). 

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In the framework of the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative, the Shunyoso Cultural Asset Preservation Society commits to:

  • Eliminating from their rooms 100% of plastic packaging, plastic items, single-portion or single-serving packaging, containers for cleaning products and cling films by 2021
  • Eliminating from their food and drink services 100% of plastic packaging, plastic items, containers for cleaning products and cling films by 2021
  • Eliminating from their bathrooms 100% of plastic items, single-portion or single-serving packaging, containers for cleaning products and cling films by 2021
  • Eliminating from their kitchens 100% of single-portion or single-serving packaging and cling films by 2021
  • Introducing reusable solutions in their rooms to replace plastic packaging, plastic items, single-portion or single-serving packaging and cling films by 2021
  • Introducing reusable solutions in their bathrooms to replace plastic items, single-portion or single-serving packaging, containers for cleaning products and cling films by 2021
  • Engaging the value chain to provide data on recyclability and compostability of plastic packaging to facilitate the move towards 100% of plastic packaging to be reusable, recyclable, or compostable by 2025.