Complimentary products such as shower gel, shampoo and combs will continue to be made availabe at Shanghai's hotels, today's Jiefang Daily quoted city's tourism bureau as saying.

Bureau officials were responding to recent media reports that the supply of complimentary products to guests at local hotels will be banned on the grounds that the packaging of these products, which is mainly plastic, is hazardous to the environment.

Saying they are working ways to prevent the potential environmental risk, officials noted some local hotels are taking measures to provide eco-friendly products.

For example, some hotels are using large bottled personal care products to reduce the number of discarded bottle packages. And some are using products with decomposable packaging.

( eastday.com July 15, 2002 )