ATC 032 - Jo Hendrickx - Travel Without Plastic - Responsible Travel

Podcast 032 with special guest Jo Hendrickx - Travel without Plastic - eliminating single-use plastics 6 pieces of plastic per breakfast per person X 146 double or twin rooms @ 80% occupancy based on a 12 month operation = A grand total of 512,460 individual pieces of plastic from this one hotel in a year….. just from breakfast cutlery and crockery 01:05 Intro Jo Hendrickx - living on the Canary Islands during the pandemic 04:24 Travel without Plastic: history, toolkit | workshops | webinars 09:20 The guide, webinars, feedback, accessibility and partners 15:50 Horrific example single use plastic 19:59 New Scientist - pandemic and increase in single-use plastics 22:34 On the Advisory Committee of the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative - UNEP 25:42 Supermarkets, gloves vs washing hands 29:18 Is it hopeless? 31:31 The ocean | micro-plastics 34:10 Information | social media 48:46 Where can people find Jo and endnote Twitter: @NoPlasticTravel FaceBook: @TravelWithoutPlastic https://www.travelwithoutplastic.com https://greenerguest.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/travel-without-plastic/ We talk about Sustainability, Wellness & Responsible Travel, volunteering, digital nomads, funny, inspiring and extraordinary tales. Touching on organisations and people that are doing the right thing. Thank you for listening. Send us your feedback and story suggestions via twitter twitter.com/aTravelCompanio Visit our website podcasts.earth