• Phasing out single-use plastic beverage cups, formerly our most numerous plastic items, and replacing them with certified Flustix paper cups with minimal plastic lining.
• Replacing single-use salad bowl lids with reusable lids.
• Phasing out economy class reusable plastic cutlery and replacing it with lightweight metal cutlery.
• Removing plastic straws and stirrers from all flights, lounges and offices globally.
• Carrying out product lifecycle analysis to develop guidelines for choosing inflight equipment.
• Introducing paper bags for duty-free purchases.
• Changing to biodegradable plastic wrapping for blankets, cutlery, and inflight magazines.
• Replacing Styrofoam boxes with reusable inflight cooler bags.
• Removing single-use plastic cutlery, straws and stirrers from our employee canteens. 
• Launching a rebate programme for returning plastic hangers to our subsidiary Vogue Laundry.

We will announce a new reduction target later this year.