Half-hearted instead of proactive
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Half-hearted instead of proactive

Too few hotels see the added value of reusability

Coffee to go, cups
Cardboard to-go coffee cups that can only be used once generate enormous mountains of waste. / © Alexas Fotos, Pixabay

To Go? Disposable or reusable? The obligation to offer reusable packaging is putting German hoteliers and restaurateurs under pressure - and yet no real progress is being made. A study now provides a database and reveals prospects. It's high time, because the first legal claims have been made against companies for non-compliance.

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Kirsten Posautz

Kirsten Posautz

studied comparative literature in Mainz, completed a traineeship and then worked for specialised publishing houses and companies as well as freelance journalists for print media and PR agencies. The hotel industry crystallised early on as her focus. She dedicated herself to this industry at the trade magazine Top hotel, later also as co-author of a B2C hotel guide series and as project manager of spa and wellness books. Most recently, Kirsten Posautz was deputy editor-in-chief of the trade magazine hotelbau before moving to hospitalityInside.com in the same position in February 2024.

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