The short straw wins
Plastic waste, not only by water bottles, is a pet peeve for Six Senses Zighy Bay. Rather than buy bottled mineral water, they treat and purify their own water originating from the waters of Gulf of Oman. It’s bottled in Six Senses Zighy Bay’s glass water bottles and produced in hundreds each day to support guests’ choice of either sparkling or still.
Not only that, plastic straws are also a no-no at Six Senses Zighy Bay, where guests are encouraged to dispense with straws. However if a straw is requested, the solution is a paper straw. Recently the resort’s purchasing and food & beverage teams have sourced high quality paper straws which are biodegradable and wouldn’t even harm a single marine creature if it made its way out to sea!
Building on Six Senses Zighy Bay's work in this area, our Plastic Free 2022 strategy sets out a bold target to be completely free of plastic from 2022 across all our hotels, resorts and spas. We have served no plastic straws since 2016 (alternatives to the paper straws used by Six Senses Zighy Bay are lemongrass or bamboo) and eliminated millions of plastic bottles every year thanks to producing and bottling our own drinking water on every property.
Starting with single-use and disposable plastic as top priority, we aim to carefully reduce exposure to this fossil-fuel based material for guests and communities, being mindful of its harmful impacts to wellness and wildlife. We will transition to natural compostable materials in some cases, and to high quality reusable materials in other cases. We have inventoried all plastic items used in our hotel and spa operations, and will measure our progress in terms of the number of plastic items we can eliminate from the world.
Our properties are already on track, so please watch for updates over the coming months and see how you can help us move forward on Plastic Free 2022.
For more information, please email mail@sixsenses.com.