I visited the remotest fishing village I could find on the Mexico East Coast. First I hitchhiked to Punta Herrero, then I took a boat to the island lobster fishing settlement of Maria Elena. I'd like to claim I was the first tourist to ever visit, but I was in fact the third. Even in this remote location, situated within the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, one finds plenty of plastic waste washed up on the shore. <br />It makes me question the whole use of the word 'eco-tourism' and what it should entail. Is it enough for a resort that uses the term 'eco' to only recycle waste? Or should they also try and curb the use of plastics?<br />And what of large beverage manufacturers like Coca-Cola, technology has developed bio-degradable plastic, why are they not using them with their products?<br />What do you think, should tourism business try and help in the reduction of plastic waste?
