Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Announces Efforts to Reduce Single-Use Plastics
by Shrutee K/DNS
Plastic straws eliminated across all 26 ships in the Company’s fleet
Company’s island destinations, Great Stirrup Cay and Harvest Caye, to
eliminate plastic straws by August 2018
Over 50 million plastic straws expected to be eliminated each year
across fleet
Mumbai – Norwegian
Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Norwegian) (NYSE: NCLH), a leading global cruise
company which operates the Norwegian Cruise
Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands, announced the important next step in
its efforts to reduce its environmental impact by eliminating single-use
plastic straws across its fleet of 26 ships and two island destinations, Great
Stirrup Cay and Harvest Caye. The Company anticipates that it will eliminate over 50 million plastic
straws each year across its fleet with these changes.
As a member of Ocean
Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas Alliance®, the Company is actively
working towards solutions that will mitigate plastic waste entering the ocean. The transition away from single-use plastics
across the Company’s fleet and island destinations builds upon the Company’s environmental
efforts already underway to increase sustainable sourcing, minimize waste to
landfills, invest in emerging technologies and reduce CO2 emissions.
“Eliminating single-use plastic straws across our global fleet and island
destinations builds on our global environmental program ‘Sail & Sustain’ and
further reduces our environmental footprint," said Frank Del Rio,
president and chief executive officer of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
Ltd. “As a member of the Trash Free Seas
Alliance®, we are committed to doing our part to protect the world’s oceans for
future generations to enjoy.”
“We commend Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings for this important step to
reduce single-use plastics,” said Janis Searles Jones, chief executive officer
of Ocean Conservancy. “Plastic straws are just a fraction of the plastic in the
ocean, but they are always among the top ten items collected during Ocean
Conservancy’s annual International Coastal Cleanup and can be deadly to ocean
wildlife, which is why we have long urged our supporters to skip the straw when
they can.”
Founded in 2012, the Trash Free Seas Alliance® brings together thought
leaders from industry, conservation and academia to create a forum for
pragmatic, real-world collaboration focused on the measurable reduction of
ocean trash.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’ global environmental program,
‘Sail & Sustain’, reflects the Company’s mission of providing truly
exceptional cruise vacation experiences for all of its guests while minimizing
its impact on the environment. To learn
more about Norwegian’s commitment to environmental stewardship, visit the company’s website at http://www.nclhltd.com/Stewardship.
About Norwegian Cruise
Line Holdings Ltd.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.
(NYSE:NCLH) is a leading global cruise company which operates the Norwegian
Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands. With a
combined fleet of 26 ships with approximately 54,400 berths, these brands offer
itineraries to more than 450 destinations worldwide. The Company will introduce
eight additional ships through 2027.
About Ocean Conservancy
Ocean Conservancy is working to protect the ocean from today’s
greatest global challenges. Together with our partners, we create science-based
solutions for a healthy ocean and the wildlife and communities that depend on
it. For more information, visit oceanconservancy.org, or follow us on Facebook,
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