Edinburgh's largest independent hotel has made the decision to ban all single-use plastic. Instead, they are replacing it with a packet of Scottish wildflower seeds.
The aim is to get guests thinking about sustainability, by sending them home with a packet of seeds, so they can plant wildflowers in spring.
The four star hotel have been making a series of environmental changes to their venue, including banning plastic water bottles and introducing recycling waste management on every hotel floor.
Ten Hill Place Hotel is owned by Surgeons Quarter, who are the commercial arm of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
All profits made by the hotel go towards improving surgical standards around the world.
Surgeons Quarter have partnered with flower company Seed Promotions to create their own custom selection of Scottish wildflower seeds.
Scott Mitchell, Managing Director of Surgeons Quarter, said: “It’s really important to us that we make decisions which positively impact the environment as well as our guests.
“As part of our feedback, we ask guests for suggestions on how we can become more environmentally-friendly – we’ve made some small but powerful changes over the past few months as a result.
“After taking the decision to remove single-use toiletries and plastic bottles of water from our 129 rooms, we wanted to give something back to our guests – what better to give guests than a reminder of Scotland to bring home with them?”
