It\u2019s\nthe obvious but most important place to start. The venue you choose will have a\nhuge impact on how much single-use plastic your event inevitable expends. You\nwant to find a place that provides water in glass bottles, doesn\u2019t give out\nsingle-use straws and uses metal cutlery instead of plastic in their catering.<\/p>
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThink\nabout how you cater<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Providing\nfood and drinks to your event attendees is obviously essential, but there are\nways you can minimise the amount of single-use plastic waste this creates.\nInstead of giving out individual water bottles, have a few water stations with\nlarge water-cooler machines. You can also fill some glass or reusable plastic\njugs with water and spread them around the venue to make sure there\u2019s no long\nqueues at the stations. You can provide biodegradable cups and plates or\nencourage people to bring their own cups.<\/p> Ban\nwasteful goodie bags<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Exhibitors\nlike to hand out goodie bags at Phuket conference venues, but these often end\nup containing worthless plastic tat that immediately gets discarded. Putting a\nban on this does add some work for you as the organiser – having to check each\nexhibitor\u2019s bags to make sure they\u2019re abiding by the rules – but it will\nsignificantly reduce the amount of waste your event creates.<\/p> Go\nold-school with badges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Delegate\nbadges, lanyards and passes inevitably create a lot of waste plastic, but it\u2019s\nhard to do away with them completely. They\u2019re pretty much essential. However,\nthere are ways you can make sure that they are less harmful to the environment.\nReplace plastic badges with stickers, alligator clip lanyards with business\ncard sized badges and avoid using lamination wherever possible. On the whole,\navoid overprinting to minimise wastage (which also minimises cost,\nincidentally).<\/p> Check\nyour suppliers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In\neverything from catering to equipment to decorations, there are suppliers out\nthere who have chosen to be environmentally conscious in their business\npractises and minimise their use of single-use plastics. While their fees might\nbe fractionally higher, it\u2019s worth the extra cost for the kudos your event will\nreceive for making the effort to be environmentally friendly, not to mention\nthe benefit to the environment itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Phuket conference venues, hotels and other businesses are increasingly thinking green as the emphasis shifts towards protecting the island\u2019s natural beauty. One of the most effective ways of making your event more green is to reduce the use of single-use plastic, ideally to zero. Here are a few ways you can achieve that. Pick the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[42,25,134],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/unnamed.jpg?fit=1200%2C717&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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