Much-loved hotel freebie could soon be scrapped – with guests having to take their own instead [Video]

HOTELS could ban a popular free amenity with guests being potentially asked to bring their own.

Plastic straws and grocery bags were banned amid climate change fears and now environmental groups are urging the ban of single-use slippers.

Willy Legrand, a sustainable hospitality expert, told the New York Times: “Anything single-use is problematic.”

Despite the importance of keeping food waste, water usage and energy consumption under control, a lot of attention has now turned to single-use plastics, he claimed.

However, unlike plastic straws which were easily substituted for paper, changing single-use slippers will be more difficult.

Most luxury hotels and resorts provide guests with slippers with many happy to use the freebie after shelling out a lot of cash on their holiday.

Can we make this with something with a longer life cycle, and if not, do we really need it?

“As hotels started to cater to international guests, particularly …