InterContinental Hotels Group has announced that its more than 5,400 hotels will no longer use plastic straws by the end of 2019 to implement their environmental protection philosophy. Currently, more than 1,000 hotels in InterContinental Hotels Group in Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa have stopped using plastics. Straw. InterContinental Hotels Group's global initiative to say 'no' to plastic straws will reduce the average annual use of 50 million plastic straws. If these straws are connected end to end, up to 10,500 kilometers, equivalent to the distance from New York to Tokyo. InterContinental Hotels Group will replace these plastic products with biodegradable products, which will also become its global brand standard.
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