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TUI Care Foundation launches new Indian Ocean destination zero waste programme
The TUI Care Foundation has partnered with the Tourism Authority of Mauritius to help tackle waste.
The initiative combines awareness campaigns, a sustainability curriculum, and infrastructural improvements, it says.
The Destination Zero Waste Programme aims to help preserve the island’s natural beauty.
Starting with awareness, it is launching public campaigns on the impact of littering across social media, radio and TV.
It will see children participating in lessons on environmental stewardship, waste management, and the consequences of littering.
This is through partnerships with the network of eco schools across the island.
To maximise impact, local communities will be mobilised through clean-up events with over 100 partnerships with businesses, NGOs and organisations.
Local Mauritius tourism stakeholders will have the opportunity to take part in custom-designed Discovery Tours, followed by co-creation workshops.
Destination Zero Waste Programme Mauritius also contributes to the island’s waste management infrastructure.
This includes the installation of segregated bins and 2,000 beach ashtrays.
The programme collects plastic and glass waste across public beaches and tourist sites, with at least 90% of this going to recycling.
The launch of the programme coincided with a three-day workshop held in Mauritius in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme for the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative.
Over 80 tourism industry participants gathered on the first day. The event was officiated by the UN Resident Coordinator for Mauritius and Seychelles, Lisa Simrique Singh and concluded with remarks from the Minister for Tourism for the Republic of Mauritius, Sydney Pierre.
Alexander Panczuk, Executive Director of the TUI Care Foundation said: “Island destinations like Mauritius are particularly vulnerable to the challenges of waste management. Our initiative supports the vision of Mauritius becoming a plastic free destination.”
TUI’s Destination Zero Waste Programme inspires new ways to reduce and reuse waste in tourism destinations that create jobs and promote a circular economy.
The Programme is implemented in destinations around the world, including Curacao, Jamaica, Zanzibar and Cyprus.
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