Ocean Friendly Hotels program plastic pollution

What You Need To Know

• The Surfrider Foundation’s Ocean Friendly Hotels program aims to reduce plastic pollution and give people sustainable lodging choices
• Hotels must follow seven mandatory criteria, like no plastic water bottles, no Styrofoam and no mini plastic bottles of toiletries
• Surfrider estimates that will eliminate more than 4 million plastic water bottles and more than 6 million mini toiletry bottles every year, preventing them from ending up in landfills or polluting the ocean
• The Pearl Hotel is one of only two hotels in San Diego to hold the certification