Published on : Saturday, June 1, 2019
The initiative is part of a wider goal set by Red Carnation’s parent company, The Travel Corporation (TTC), and its not-for-profit TreadRight Foundation, to eradicate all SUPs from operations across all its travel brands by 2022.
Compostable paper straws or metal alternatives are now available at all hotels in the collection. Guests dining at Red Carnation’s bar can now sip their cocktails and beverages through 100 per cent biodegradable pasta straws.
In-house mixologists are now preparing cocktails with reusable cocktail stirrers made from glass, metal, stainless steel and bamboo, and takeaway coffee cups are plastic free and fully compostable, with coffee lids made from fermented corn starch.
All U.K. properties have partnered with water supplier Belu, which gives 100 per cent of its net profits to its charity partner, WaterAid, in a bid to help the 884 million people currently living without clean drinking water. In 2018, Red Carnation’s support of Belu allowed WaterAid to transform over 2,000 lives through access to clean water, the company said.
As for the hotel rooms of Red Carnation Hotels, plastic bin liners are no longer used for individual bins in offices, bathrooms and communal staff areas. Coasters that were once placed under bedside water glasses or drinks at the bar are now composed of reusable materials, such as cork and leather or recyclable paper. Remote controls are also no longer placed in plastic bags. Instead, a recycled paper wrap is now used.
All 17 properties have been working with individual laundry partners to ensure laundry is collected and delivered without the use of plastic packaging. For example, the towels, bed and restaurant linen at The Montague on the Gardens in London’s Bloomsbury neighborhood is now sent and delivered in cages and protected by re-usable fabric bags instead of plastic.
The toothbrush has a bamboo or wooden handle. Other accessories, such as plastic pens and envelopes, have also been removed from operation and replaced with sustainable alternatives.