SAN DIEGO — More hotels are turning the tide on plastic pollution, thanks to a new program that encourages them to become ocean friendly.
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
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