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Hyatt, which owns brands like Park Hyatt, Andaz, Hyatt Regency, Thompson Hotels and The Unbound
Collection, has pledged to reduce single-use plastic water bottles by June 2021 throughout its properties
around the world. (Shutterstock/File)

Following the lead of major hotel chains like Marriott and InterContinental Hotels Group, Hyatt
Hotels has become the latest group to announce plans to reduce single-use plastics within the
chain.

Hyatt, which owns brands like Park Hyatt, Andaz, Hyatt Regency, Thompson Hotels and The
Unbound Collection, has pledged to reduce single-use plastic water bottles by June 2021
throughout its properties around the world.

Other initiatives to reduce their plastic consumption include transitioning to large-format

bathroom amenities that will replace travel-size toiletries like shampoo, shower gel, conditioner
and lotion; adding more water fountains so guests can refill their reusable water bottles; and
serving tap water in carafes and offering bottled water upon request.

This past summer, Marriott International announced plans to phase out mini shampoo bottles by
next December, while IHG also pledged to eliminate single-use plastic toiletries by 2021.

The move away from plastic has also been adopted by major cruise lines including Royal
Caribbean, Norwegian and Carnival.

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Panama becomes first Central American

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Panama City, Panama  /  Mon, July 22, 2019  /  04:05 pm

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Plastic waste pile and debris are seen up near the beach in Panama City, as Panama becomes the first
country in Central America to ban all single-use plastic bags on July 19, 2019. (REUTERS/Erick
Marciscano)

Panama on Saturday became the first Central American nation to ban single-use plastic bags to
try to curb pollution on its beaches and help tackle what the United Nations has identified as one
of the world's biggest environmental challenges.

The isthmus nation of roughly 4 million people joined more than 60 other countries that have
totally or partially banned single-use plastic bags, or introduced taxes to dissuade their use,
including Chile and Colombia in the region.

Supermarkets, pharmacies and retailers in Panama must stop using traditional polyethylene
plastic bags immediately, while wholesale stores will have until 2020 to conform to the policy
approved in 2018. Fines can be applied for non-compliance but there are exceptions for the use of
plastic bags for sanitary reasons, such as with raw food.

On the streets of Panama City, signs with the phrase "less bags, more life" reminded passersby
that the measure had gone into effect.

Read also: Plastic straws and bags no more: Canada aims to clean up its act

"This seems like a good measure because you avoid continuing to pollute the streets and the
community," said Victoria Gomez, a 42-year-old secretary in downtown Panama City.

Birds, turtles, seals, whales and fish often become entangled or ingest the remnants of plastic
bags in Latin America, one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. Along Panama's coast, it is
common to see plastic waste littering beaches, especially near populated areas.

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Given projected growth in consumption, without new anti-pollution policies oceans are expected
by 2050 to contain more plastics than fish by weight, according to the New Plastics Economy
report published by Ellen MacArthur Foundation in 2016. The report also found that the entire
plastics industry will consume 20 percent of total oil production by then.

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