SOSOO Amenities — Resources
If your property is still using single-use plastic amenity kits, you are not preparing for future regulation. You are already in breach of it.
Balearic Law 8/2019 banned single-use plastic toiletries — individually wrapped toothbrushes, plastic-stem cotton buds, standard miniature formats — before Spain's national framework and years before the EU deadline. Most properties outside Mallorca and Ibiza have no idea this law exists. Many inside them do not either.
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The compliance picture for Balearic hotels is not one law — it is three running simultaneously.
Balearic Law 8/2019 is the strictest. Single-use plastic amenities are already prohibited unless made from certified compostable materials. No grace period. No phased transition. Already in force.
Law 7/2022 and Royal Decree 1055/2022 operate at national level. They introduce a scalable plastic levy and extended producer responsibility for packaging placed on the Spanish market. Your supplier's packaging is your liability.
EU Regulation 2025/40 (PPWR) prohibits hotel miniatures under Annex V from 1 January 2030. For Balearic properties, that deadline is irrelevant — you were already past it under regional law.
Then there is Decree-Law 3/2022, which requires qualifying tourism establishments to produce a Circularity Plan. This plan must document the percentage of locally sourced, zero-kilometre products in your total procurement. Amenities count.
Switching to a generic refillable dispenser satisfies the format requirement. It does not satisfy the Circularity Plan. And it communicates cost reduction to guests rather than quality.
The properties getting this right are treating the transition as a brand decision rather than a procurement exercise. Permanent packaging — ceramic, weighted glass, stone formats — designed around the room's material palette. Formulations developed around Mallorcan botanicals, Sóller citrus, or Mediterranean actives that give the Circularity Plan a genuine story to tell.
Korean cosmetic formulation science is the strongest foundation for this. The level of skin barrier technology, texture development, and active ingredient performance coming out of Seoul does not have a direct European equivalent at this price range. A well-formulated K-beauty-based amenity in a permanent vessel performs and feels completely different from a catalogue product in a generic dispenser.
That difference is what guests remember.
Refillable systems are also cheaper to operate than most properties realise. Single-use miniatures require a full restock every service day regardless of consumption. A refillable system requires attention only on guest changeover days. For a 50-room property over a four-month season, that difference in handling volume is significant.
A well-designed system adds one to two minutes per room on changeover days. Across a full season, the labour and consumable cost comparison almost always favours the refillable format — before any brand or compliance benefit is counted.
Contact SOSOO Amenities to discuss your programme.
Are plastic shampoo miniatures still allowed in Balearic hotel rooms? No. Balearic Law 8/2019 prohibited them before any EU deadline. The format must be certified compostable or eliminated entirely.
What qualifies as a circular amenity system? A system designed for reuse, refill, or a documented recycling route. Biodegradable claims without certified compostability do not qualify.
How long does a bespoke programme take to develop? Fourteen to twenty weeks from briefing to first delivery. Properties using certified base formulations with custom branding can move faster. Start your brief here or contact us to discuss your timeline.
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