Tell clients to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, say Abta and Travelife

Travel companies and holidaymakers are encouraged to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in this summers Make Holidays Greener campaign.

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Abta and Travelife launch 15 green pledges

MHG, run by Abta and sustainability specialist Travelife, will focus on the broad issue of waste management, including food waste for its latest campaign, which runs until September.

Following last years campaign that focused on the issue of plastics, there are 15 broad pledges for 2019:

1. Reduce, reuse and recycle
2. Organise a holiday clean-up
3. Stay at a Travelife hotel that cares for the environment and its staff
4. Respect animals
5. Eat local produce and buy local goods
6. Go meat-free
7. Protect biodiversity
8. Respect local customs and talk to locals in their languages
9. Protect children – support local projects; dont give money to child beggars or visit orphanages
10. Use local transport
11. Switch off electrical devices when not using them
12. Reduce or offset your journey footprint
13. Save water – reuse towels and take shorter showers
14. Tell the world about your positive holiday experiences
15. Free choice – organise or suggest an activity specific to your holiday

Abta is encouraging travel companies to use the pledges to encourage customers to make a more positive social and environmental impact on holiday.

Nikki White, Abtas director of destinations and sustainability said: “This years campaign theme – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – highlights how holidaymakers and travel companies can each play their part in reducing their environmental impact.

“Whether its lending out holiday guides or inflatables to others at the end of a trip or carrying reusable water bottles and bags, there are a number of ways holidaymakers can make a real difference and our campaign provides the guidance they need to help their chosen destination continue to be enjoyed by future generations.

“Travel companies are also encouraged to make their custRead More – Source

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