Those Tiny Hotel Shampoo Bottles May Soon Be A Thing Of The Past

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One of the largest hotel groups in the world announced on Tuesday that it will begin phasing out single-use toiletry products in an effort to reduce plastic waste ― and it’s not alone in making the switch.

InterContinental Hotels Group ― which owns more than 5,600 hotels under such brands as Holiday Inn, Regent, Intercontinental, Kimpton and Crowne Plaza ― said it will swap out bathroom miniatures for bulk-size, refillable amenities by 2021.

This will eliminate an average of 200 million nonreusable tiny toiletries from its hotels annually, the company said. “Switching to larger-size amenities across more than 5,600 hotels around the world is a big step in the right direction and will allow us to significantly reduce our waste footprint and environmental impact as we make the change,” said IHG CEO Keith Barr.

Marriott International last spring announced that it would swap out mini bath bottles for wall-mounted dispensers in 450 of its hotels within five brands. The change wasn’t expected to save the company much money ― about $2,000 a hotel a year ― but it would eliminate 10.3 million bottles annually, or 113,000 pounds of plastic, The Wall Street Journal reported at the time.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ihg-hotel-shampoo-bottles-plastic-waste_n_5d41d2d2e4b0db8affb27022

[silentEcho]

1. Absolutely. This is a hard one for me. And those plastic water bottles. Of all sizes.

Little 6 oz bottles of water. So offensive.

[Lars39]

6. Well, until you bump into the shampoo dispenser

in the shower.

[Ilsa]

3. I'm glad. But this means I'll have to

Bring my tiny bottles to bring home some of those fabulous-smelling shampoos and soaps. I really like items in the Thann line.

[MontanaMama]

4. Hooray.

Make it stop. Line in the sand. No more stupid single use plastic bottles.

[democratisphere]

5. Motel 6 bare bones got nothin'.

Microscopic bars of soap barely get you through one shower. Bar of soap doubles as shampoo.

[Retrograde]

7. I'm seeing this more often

especially in Marriott hotels.

[JI7]

8. these little things matter.

[EveHammond13]

9. I bring my own. I like my own preferred brands.

[TheBlackAdder]

10. They should start using mini shampoo bars, just like those mini French milled bath soaps.

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I just bought my daughter one of these at Target today:




Hotels providing mini French milled face bar for the sink and a bath soap bar and a mini shampoo bar for the shower.

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[sir pball]

11. We use those bars at home...

...they last 30+ washes. Three-day ones would be size of tic tacs.

[FakeNoose]

12. It's still wasteful, because the hotels throw away 90% of the bars unused

At least there's no plastic waste to these. I've never actually seen shampoo bars, though. Who sells these?

[TheBlackAdder]

15. CVS, Target, Walmart, many supermarkets and most online stores or marketplaces.

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Those mini milled hotel bath soaps are only 1/4 of an inch thick and slightly concave to reduce the product.

When shopping, the boxes are small, so they are easily overlooked.

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[Heartstrings]

13. Public Hotel in NYC

has full size shampoo, conditioner and body wash. Too large for airport carry on, and I presume they refill them. Didn't bother me but wonder if that's "legal"?

[TheBlackAdder]

16. With people wizzing on potatoes in the store, one has to wonder if those things are tampered with.

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Some perv could drop his spunk in the conditioner.

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[Heartstrings]

17. Good point....

Ewwww......

[lpbk2713]

21. That was my thought too.

Epstein isn't the only sick freak in this world.

[Takket]

14. Disney did this in many of its hotels last year too

[TeamPooka]

18. good.

[barbtries]

19. i traveled so much last year

i have a grocery bag full of toiletries from hotels. I donate them to the homeless shelter. however, i support this. i can't recall what hotel it was, but i have stayed in at least one in which the soap and shampoo were in dispensers. didn't bother me.

[a la izquierda]

20. I don't mind the dispensers either.

I travel a ton, so I switched to bars for everything. I don't love bar conditioners, but you know what? At this point I'll just be happy if I have a planet to inhabit when I'm 60 (I'm 41 now). If my hair's a little dry, whatever.

[tblue37]

22. I collect those for the homeless. Big bottles are too hard to lug around. nt

[AwakeAtLast]

23. Stayed at a Drury two weeks ago

They had refillables on the shower wall. I thought they were great!