Hotel Stays Could Look Different In Michigan Very Soon

Staying in a hotel, even as an adult, never fails to make me feel a bit giddy. Something is exciting about going to sleep in a big, fancy, plush bed, and then waking up and running the shower water just a little too hot. I revel in the high shower pressure of a hotel shower.

There's something else about a hotel room that many look forward to that has been part of the experience for years, but could be going away in the near future.

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Bye Bye Bottles

Upon entering a hotel, your first stop might be the bathroom where you're traditionally greeted by a package containing little bottles of shampoo, conditioner, lotion, and more. Travel-sized containers meant to throw guests a bone in case they didn't pack their own (or free shampoo you take for yourself).

While this can be convenient at the moment, it also generates a large amount of waste since guests only use the containers once or twice before being thrown away. This quickly adds up when multiple hotel guests every night around the world are routinely throwing these plastics in the trash.

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Eliminate Single-Use Plastics

Multiple states have introduced laws forcing hotels with more than 50 rooms to stop offering travel-sized bottles to combat this high waste by the end of 2024. Hotel chains like Marriott and IHG Hotels & Resorts have stopped using bottles on their own, but other states are introducing similar legislation.

It would only make sense that Michigan may soon introduce similar mandates, considering there are few negatives to dissuading these products and many hotels have begun placing shampoo, conditioner, and body wash pumps inside the shower itself.