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Hosts on Airbnb are making their homes more sustainable

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Hosts on Airbnb are incredible and we’re always looking for ways to support them in reaching their goals. For many, making their homes more sustainable has become a top priority.

That’s why we recently hosted a ‘Meet the Experts’ event in Edinburgh for hosts on Airbnb to find out more about sustainability and energy saving from a number of trusted authorities, including Big Clean Switch, Olio and Green Tourism. These experts had a lot to say about improving energy efficiency, switching suppliers, recycling and food waste.

To celebrate Big Energy Saving Week, we’re sharing these tips and tricks with everyone in the Airbnb UK community. Check out what these experts have to say:

Anna: Host on Airbnb – how small everyday changes can have the biggest impact on your footprint.

Rebecca Walker: Partnerships Director, Big Clean Switch -how switching to renewable energy can lower your bills.

Saasha Celestial-One: COO at Olio – how reducing food waste can help the environment and feed your local community.

While we’re always looking to offer a hand, nobody knows best practice more than our host community. Superhosts on Airbnb are currently creating a guide on ways to host more sustainably, a rapidly growing trend among UK and international travellers. 
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Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 billion guest arrivals across over 220 countries and regions. Travel on Airbnb keeps more of the financial benefits of tourism with the people and places that make it happen. Airbnb has generated billions of dollars in earnings for Hosts, most of whom are individuals listing the homes in which they live. Among Hosts who report their gender, more than half are women, and one in five employed Hosts are either teachers or healthcare workers. Travel on Airbnb also has generated more than $4 billion in tax revenue around the world. Airbnb has helped advance more than 1,000 regulatory frameworks for short-term rentals, including in 80% of our top 200 geographies. In late 2020, to support our continued expansion and diversification, we launched the City Portal to provide governments with a one-stop shop that supports data sharing and compliance with local registration rules. We continue to invest in innovations and tools to support our ongoing work with governments around the world to advance travel that best serves communities.

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