Miniature move: Hotel giant IHG kicks out mini plastic shampoo bottles

Michael Holder
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Hotelier behind Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, and Regent Hotels & Resorts to replace mini plastic shampoo bottles with larger refillables across entire estate

That tiny bottle of shampoo you might once have found neatly placed next to the sink in your hotel room looks to be the latest casualty of the war on plastic, as global hotel giant InterContinental Hotel...

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