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Sardinia was until 2003 in the rearguard of Italy and Europe in terms of waste management, but it is changing with a strategy based on the promotion of separate collection.

The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative is officially announced today by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. This initiative unites the...

The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative was officially announced during Fitur 2020. Representatives from lead organisations presented the operational structure of the initiative and key stakeholders from the tourism sector explained the co-creation...

The ongoing pandemic has hit the tourism sector hard, putting more than 100 million jobs at risk. Now, as countries begin to recover and tourism restarts in a growing number of destinations, the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative, led by the World...

Within the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic, a circular approach to the management of plastic items and packaging can avoid any increase in the use of single-use plastics for hygiene purposes. It can also relieve pressure on waste management...

Three small businesses (accommodation providers) determined to fight plastic pollution share about their efforts to shift towards circularity in the use of plastics.

Testimonial: . Willemijn Peeters, Founder, Searious Business Searious Business is sharing that tourists are making more sustainable decisions and why tourism stakeholders need to join GTPI. WATCH HERE.

Among the 32 new signatories are organizations such as TUI Group, Palladium Hotel Group, Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, Hostelling International, Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association and Visit Valencia. Alongside this, a keynote presentation on...

Testimonial: Andreas Vermöhlen, Manager Sustainability / Circular Economy, Sustainable Development, TUI Group TUI Group is sharing that tourists are making more sustainable decisions and why tourism stakeholders need to join GTPI. WATCH HERE.

Dominican Republic: Plastic waste chokes surfers' paradise – Video developed by Global Ideas. Global Ideas is one of the world's most comprehensive multimedia sites reporting on protection of climate and biodiversity around the globe. Global Ideas...