In the world of food and beverage millions of straws are being used daily. Have you ever wondered what happened to them?

Plastic waste, not only by water bottles, is a pet peeve for Six Senses Zighy Bay. Rather than buy bottled mineral water, they treat and purify their own water originating from the waters of Gulf of Oman. It’s bottled in Six Senses Zighy Bay's glass water bottles and produced in hundreds each day to support guests' choice of either sparkling or still.

Not only that, plastic straws are also a no-no at Six Senses Zighy Bay, where guests are encouraged to dispense with straws. However if a straw is requested, the solution is a paper straw. Recently the resort’s purchasing and food & beverage teams have sourced high quality paper straws which are biodegradable and wouldn't even harm a single marine creature if it made its way out to sea!

For more information on why the resort is so enthusiastic about this, you can follow Six Senses Zighy Bay Facebook to read the recently posted story about the sea turtle with a plastic straw firmly stuck in its nostril. The unfortunate creature was lucky enough to be discovered by marine biologists who extracted the item, albeit with some discomfort and even blood loss.