UK Tourists Fail To Recycle Whilst On Holiday

New research study, done by ABTA and the Travel Foundation, found out that many Brits totally neglect to recycle while on holiday.

Almost 90 per cent of men and women polled revealed that despite regularly recycling cans, bottles as well as paper at home, fewer than half of these also recycle whilst overseas. One in every five travellers said that while on break they do not even think about the environment. The findings are part of a bigger campaign to ‘make holidays greener’ during an awareness week from 26 June to 3 July.

This national campaign, being managed by way of the Travel Foundation, is going to urge people to be more thoughtful of the environment on holiday in the same way they may be in the home. The campaign is also sponsored by ABTA, Thomson, Thomas Cook, Teletext Holidays, Holiday Extras, Virgin Holidays, Virgin Atlantic and First Choice.

Ideas such as taking short showers, shopping in local marketplaces, and not having towels washed every single day will be promoted to tourists on holiday. Head of Destinations & Sustainability at ABTA, Nikki White said that in the home a lot of people automatically have instituted these routines because doing so costs them money, on the other hand she said when individuals are on holiday it is just as easy to lessen carbon footprints.

This market research indicated that people were still puzzled about what was meant by ‘green’ or ’sustainable’ travel. Furthermore, a third of participants said the hotels as well as accommodation failed to provide satisfactory information about the facilities or how to protect the environment while using them.