To achieve the ambitious target Whitbread, which operates hundreds of restaurants in addition to the
Whitbread has a well-established track-record of minimising the use of single-use plastics - last year it became one of the first to ditch the use of plastic straws and stirrers while
Once realised, the latest move will mean the removal of hundreds of millions of pieces of unnecessary single-use plastic, including instantly recognisable consumer-facing products, such as sauce sachets but crucially, also behind-the-scenes plastics such as food and textile packaging.
Whitbread will eliminate unnecessary single use plastics, *by which it means eliminating all plastic which is used instantaneously and is unnecessary for food safety purposes; or its removal will not lead to unintended environmental consequences by its removal, such as increased waste or carbon emissions.
Plastics to be eliminated include items such as packaging, sauce sachets and nappy bags. In future, all such unnecessary products will be eliminated. Those which are still deemed necessary for the reasons above, such as in-room single portions of milk, will be reviewed in order to be reduced, replaced with recyclable alternatives or made from recycled plastic where possible.
He said: 'Whitbread has a long history of minimising the unnecessary use of single-use plastics - Premier Inn has never used miniature bath and shower products and we were one of the first businesses to eliminate plastic straws and stirrers, so we've already made huge steps, particularly in terms of consumer-facing plastics - this is just the start.
In many ways what we're looking at now with our 2025 commitment is the less visible, less sexy stuff - the hard yards that collectively can make a huge difference. It's about forensically examining our supply chain and eliminating the use of unnecessary single-use plastics wherever we can - from the products consumers will notice, to those behind-the-scenes that they won't, right down to wrappers on textiles. As with any meaningful commitment to change - it won't happen overnight but we're unwavering in our belief that eliminating unnecessary single-use plastics is absolutely the right thing to do for our business, our guests and the environment'.
Whitbread's industry-leading plastic ambition is part of its' Force For Food Sustainability programme. Achievements under Force For Good include, over
*Whitbread will eliminate unnecessary single use plastics, *by which it means eliminating all plastic which is used instantaneously and is unnecessary for food safety purposes; or its removal will not lead to unintended environmental consequences by its removal, such as increased waste or carbon emissions.
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Whitbread is committed to being a force for good in the communities in which it operates. It's sustainability programme, 'Force for Good' is focused on enabling people to live and work well and is built around three pillars of Opportunity, Community and Responsibility.
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