The polyethylene terephthalate water bottles problem in Dubai hotels—Would an initiative solve this problem or does it need a law?

IF 2.4 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Frontiers in Sustainable Cities Pub Date : 2023-09-26 DOI:10.3389/frsc.2023.1244439
Sameh Al-Shihabi
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This paper examines the environmental effects of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) water bottles used by tourists in Dubai. Unfortunately, tourists residing in Dubai hotels must depend on these single-use plastic water bottles that have negative environmental impacts associated with their production and disposal. Thus, the government of Dubai launched an initiative to reduce the usage of PET bottles, and this paper discusses whether this initiative is adequate to change hotels' dependence on PET water bottles. Therefore, this paper tries first to find the reasons that would drive hotels to comply with this initiative and then assesses the compliance of hotels with this initiative 1 year after its launch. It is found that pressures from hotels with the same and higher ratings are crucial drivers for hotels to replace PET bottles with other alternatives. Officials affiliated with the Dubai Can initiative confirmed these findings. They have also anticipated that UAE residents who spend their vacations in Dubai hotels will exert substantial pressure on hotels to abandon PET bottle use. Decision-makers affirmed that a good percentage of five-star hotels, in addition to several four-star hotels, have abolished the use of PET bottles. Moreover, it is anticipated that all hotels are expected to stop using PET bottles. Consequently, this study shows that promoting environmentally responsible behavior without enacting laws is possible.
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迪拜酒店的聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯水瓶问题——是一项倡议解决这个问题,还是需要一项法律?
本文研究了游客在迪拜使用的聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(PET)水瓶的环境影响。不幸的是,住在迪拜酒店的游客必须依赖这些一次性塑料水瓶,它们的生产和处理对环境有负面影响。因此,迪拜政府发起了一项减少PET瓶使用的倡议,本文讨论了这一倡议是否足以改变酒店对PET水瓶的依赖。因此,本文首先试图找出促使酒店遵守这一倡议的原因,然后在该倡议实施一年后对酒店遵守这一倡议的情况进行评估。研究发现,来自评级相同或更高的酒店的压力是酒店用其他替代品替代PET瓶的关键驱动因素。迪拜Can倡议的相关官员证实了这些发现。他们还预计,在迪拜酒店度假的阿联酋居民将对酒店施加巨大压力,要求他们放弃使用PET瓶。决策者肯定,除了几家四星级酒店外,还有很大比例的五星级酒店已经废除了PET瓶的使用。此外,预计所有酒店都将停止使用PET瓶。因此,本研究表明,在不制定法律的情况下促进对环境负责的行为是可能的。
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