Sustainability

“We’re committed to conducting business in a manner that respects the immense beauty of the natural environment that Turks & Caicos is renowned for.”

Based on current trends, by 2050, the plastic in our oceans could weigh more than all the fish. This has many negative repercussions on our ecosystems, wildlife, and our own health. The strength and durability of plastic are the qualities that make it practical for everyday use, while at the same time being the qualities that make it devastatingly harmful once it finds its way into our oceans, where it can remain for centuries at a time. Most types of plastic are not biodegradable.

As of 2023, less than 9% of recyclable plastics are actually recycled in the USA. In an attempt to tackle the largest cause of ocean plastic pollution, we launched our sustainability program in 2021 and have committed to eliminating single-use plastic throughout our business, with the hope to inspire other businesses to do the same.

How do we define a single-use plastic? Plastic items that are intended to be used only once or for a short period of time (less than one week) before they are thrown away. This includes those that can be recycled (e.g., petroleum-based, food and beverage packaging, disposable items, and materials used for marketing use), unless we identify a legal and/or health and safety issue where single-use plastics are required.

• We have eliminated the use of all single-use plastic, including water bottles, across the entire property and have installed many complimentary water dispenser stations throughout.
• We are retailing Wymara branded water bottles in our boutique to encourage our guests to refill and reuse at our water stations.
• We have removed all plastic straws, plastic utensils, plastic take out containers, and plastic bags from our food and beverage outlets.
• In order to reduce our energy and water consumption, we have reduced the frequency of replacing linens in our rooms unless requested to do so by our guests. We are also in the early stages of increasing our use of solar power across the properties.
• We have redesigned our water system to allow us to repurpose, recover, and reuse water for resort landscaping.
• We have implemented a keyless entry system for our guests to check-in to our rooms and villas. This allows our guests to use their mobile devices as an alternative to the key card to access their rooms and villas. We have replaced our previous plastic key card with a wooden option to further reduce the use of plastics on the property. The plastic key cards were manufactured in Europe; this change has the added benefit of reducing our carbon footprint with reduced logistics and shipping.
• We have reduced our menu printing by launching a new browser-based food and beverage ordering system for in-room, pool, and beach dining, allowing guests to order from the comfort of their rooms and beach loungers directly from their mobile device.
• We have introduced our new luxury, vegan, certified cruelty-free in-room amenity line–Aesop providing sustainable packaging and large, refillable bottles instead of the smaller single-use containers prevalent throughout the hospitality industry. Our spa features Eminence organic and Fitglow plant-based sustainable skin care.
• We have curated a Wellness menu at our restaurant which offers vegan, vegetarian, and gluten- free delights and we continue to work hard in using sustainable ingredients throughout our food and beverage operation. We have also committed to donating 10% of proceeds of select sustainable dishes to the Turks and Caicos Reef Fund, which was established to help preserve and protect the environment of the “beautiful by nature” Turks and Caicos Islands; an environment that draws so many visitors to these islands and is critical to our economic and physical survival.
  
  

As we evolve our understanding of sustainability and our environmental impact, we will continue to implement changes to our practices and procedures to keep striving towards our mission. We are committed to integrity and holding ourselves accountable. We ask you to please collaborate with us if you identify an area where we could make a further change to help accomplish our goals, reach out to us at: green@wymara.com

We are passionate about being part of the change, we hope that you are too. 

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