W Hotels to use bed linen made from recycled plastic bottles

Summary: A range of bed linen created by the company Ekocycle from recycled plastic bottles are to be used on the beds of, starting in  by W Hotels Worldwide, part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts.

Source: Sustainable Hotel News

Grab the essentials

1: “Each king size Ekocycle sheet utilises around 31 recycled 600ml plastic bottles.”

2: Ekocycle’s ethos is “waste is only waste if we waste it”.

3: “The Ekocycle recycled plastic range of bed linen and fashion wear is a design label created through a partnership between Coca-Cola and musical artist Will.i.am. ”

Take it further

1: Read the whole story here

2: Follow Ekocycle on Twitter

3: Learn more about commercial ways of reusing waste.

Jeremy Smith
Jeremy Smithhttp://www.jmcsmith.com
Jeremy Smith is the editor and co-founder of Travindy. He is a writer and communications consultant working for a more responsible and sustainable tourism industry. He is the author of two books, writes a fortnightly blog on responsible tourism for World Travel Market, and provides consultancy to a wide range of companies and organisations, ranging from National Parks to individual hotels and tour operators.

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