DETROIT >> Marriott International plans to remove plastic straws and drink stirrers from all of its 6,500 hotels and resorts worldwide by next year.
The world’s largest hotel company said Wednesday that the move will eliminate approximately 1 billion straws and 250 million stirrers by July 2019.
Bethesda, Md.-based Marriott says the yearlong time frame will let hotels deplete their existing supplies and identify alternatives to plastic straws. Customers will be given alternatives upon request.
Marriott is the latest big company to ditch plastic straws.
Facebook to remove some misinformation
SAN FRANCISCO >> Facebook, facing growing criticism for posts that have incited violence in some countries, said Wednesday that it would begin removing misinformation that could lead to people being physically harmed.
The policy expands Facebook’s rules about what type of false information it will remove, and comes largely in response to instances in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and India, in which rumors spread on Facebook led to real-world attacks.
The new rules do not apply to Facebook’s other big social media properties, Instagram and WhatsApp.
“We have identified that there is a type of misinformation that is shared in certain countries that can incite underlying tensions and lead to physical harm offline. We have a broader responsibility to not just reduce that type of content but remove it,” said Tessa Lyons, a Facebook product manager.
ON THE MOVE
First Hawaiian Bank has announced the following promotion:
>> Taya Naruse has been promoted in the Legal & Corporate Services Division and serves as a vice president. She previously served as an assistant vice president and enterprise vendor manager when she first joined FHB in 2014. Prior to joining the bank, Naruse was a partner in the law firm Cades Schutte.
Two doctors have joined Kaiser Permanente’s team of health care providers at the Hawaii Permanente Medical Group:
>> Dr. Irminne Van Dyken is a new surgeon at Wailuku Medical Office. Van Dyken attended the University of North Dakota School of Medicine where she earned her medical degree and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
>> Dr. Laszio Steven Tekler has joined Kona Medical Office Cardiology Department. Tekler attended University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Science in Iowa where he earned his medical degree.
