Thursday, July 19, 2018

Marriott bans single-use straws in growing effort to phase out plastics

Marriott International Inc. said Wednesday it will start removing more than 1 billion plastic straws from its properties around the globe in a bid for more environmental friendliness. Because they never fully decompose, both disposable plastic straws and stirrers will be eliminated from more than 6,500 Marriott properties, across 127 countries. The Bethesda-based company’s move follows a similar ban on plastic straws that Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HLT) implemented in May in the 650…



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