-We take care of you, we take care of the planet:
At Villa del Mar hotel we are working to lessen our impact on the environmentally and reduce our environmental footprint. All our accommodations have achieved Bioscore environmental certification, demonstrating our work for sustainability and the protection of the planet. 

We need your collaboration to continue protecting the place where we live and therefore, below, we show you some actions and tips for you to enjoy a more sustainable stay and help us to make your holidays just as magical, but with a lower environmental impact. Thank you for your collaboration!

At Magic Costa Blanca we are committed to sustainable tourism under the philosophy 'Making a magic place', in line with a more protected and secure future in the long term, respecting the natural resources of our planet.

This project, the result of our commitment to the environment and to reducing our environmental footprint, was born with the desire to develop our model of efficient, sustainable and committed hotel management. For Magic, issues such as reducing the use of non-renewable resources and energy, recycling, incorporating eco-design criteria into our processes and raising awareness among the public and our employees are some of our priorities.

These are some of the actions we are carrying out:

• Circular economy: We enhance the life cycle of our goods, products and services by optimizing and extending their useful life. In addition, we make sustainable use of resources and prevent waste generation by promoting the recycling of all types of materials and their controlled disposal: paper and cardboard, glass, oil, ink, batteries, plastic, household goods, etc. We continue to work with organizations such as BIOSCORE to improve sustainability and periodically incorporate new measures such as the use of biodegradable products in the cleaning of rooms and facilities.
• Plastic 0: With measures such as the installation of osmosis-filtered water fountains or the elimination of single-use plastic products, we have stopped consuming more than 3 million plastic straws, more than 2 million plastic bottles and more than 3 million single-use cups annually in our accommodations. These measures improve the health of the planet, preventing the generation of CO2 and millions of microplastics from reaching the oceans and ending up in the food chain.
• Energy efficiency control: We promote a responsible use of energy in all our facilities by using natural light and LED lighting. We are immersed in a process of energy transition with solar panels so that all our complexes can be self-sufficient and generate 0 impact on the carbon footprint. We monitor and supervise the responsible use of lights, air conditioners, etc. in accordance with environmental regulations and recommendations.
• Healthy food: We promote the use of fresh products and food, and of nearby proximity or kilometer 0, reducing the transportation effect. In addition, we incorporate in our restaurants first quality products for all types of diets: vegetarian, celiac, intolerances... We also encourage responsible consumption, avoiding food waste in all our buffets and restaurants.
• Physical exercise: We encourage the use of elements such as bicycles or walking instead of taking a vehicle to try to mitigate climate change and the environmental footprint.
• Electric chargers: We are working to implement chargers so you can recharge your electric car.

Less plastics, less waste, more sustainability.

The reduction of plastic materials is an essential objective to help the planet in the long term and mitigate the environmental footprint.

Therefore, at Magic we have developed a series of actions aimed at reducing and eliminating plastic materials that end up in the oceans, affecting the food chain and whose manufacture contributes to generating CO2 and increasing greenhouse gases: 

• Single-use plastics: we have decided to eliminate single-use plastics in our resort with the aim of reducing their use on the planet. With this measure, we have stopped using more than 3 million plastic straws, more than two million plastic bottles and more than 3 million single-use plastic cups annually in our accommodations, contributing to generate less microplastics and less pollution produced when manufacturing and transporting these materials.
• Reusable cups and osmosis filtered water fountains: You can ask our staff in our bars for your biodegradable reusable cup and reduce the number of plastic cups used. In addition, we have installed dozens of osmosis-filtered water fountains in all our accommodations, so you can refresh yourself by reusing your chilly bottle.
• Biodegradable amenities: We are replacing most of our amenities with biodegradable alternatives.
  Recycle your waste: We know that recycling has a big impact on reducing our environmental footprint. You will find garbage cans of different colors to recycle your waste to the appropriate place. In addition, we have agreements with different companies to recycle cardboard, paper and other waste.

Reducing our water footprint and making responsible use of water resources is one of our objectives in our sustainability plan.

This not only helps our environment, it helps protect our wild plants and animals as well as ensure proper food production.

For all this and much more, water use and reduction takes on special relevance.

At Magic we have implemented actions such as:

• Responsible product cleaning: In most Magic lodgings, we have decided to leave the daily washing of utensils such as sheets and towels except for the client who asks us to do so, contributing to the saving of water and the reduction of cleaning products, which are harmful to the environment.
• Low consumption faucets: All our faucets have low water consumption, thus reducing water waste.
• Sustainable showers and toilets: Most of our showers have a water-saving system to minimize their daily use, and our toilets are equipped with buttons to prevent water waste.

A single sheet of paper may seem insignificant, however, the use of thousands of sheets a day can be very harmful to the planet.

Therefore, one of our goals is to reduce the use of paper as much as possible.

Some of the actions we have implemented at Magic to reduce paper are:

• Online check in: You can check in online or if you prefer to do it at reception, you can ask our staff to send you documents by e-mail to avoid the use of paper.
• Recycling: At Magic, we have agreements with different companies and we recycle all the paper and cardboard we use, thus extending its useful life.
• Paper 0: At Magic we aim to eradicate the use of paper, eliminating cardboard and paper and replacing it with telematic media and support. In the case of having to use paper, we are working on alternatives and sustainable materials.

Ensuring access to affordable, safe and sustainable energy for all our guests is a priority objective at Magic.

Therefore, pursuing energy efficiency and making a correct and moderate use of available energy sources have become lines of action within Magic.

Some of our actions to minimize energy impact are:

• Energy-efficient lights: All our lights are energy-efficient and electrically efficient. We minimize the energy impact throughout our resort.
• Natural light: We have opted for the relocation and repositioning of some of our spaces within the resort, thus taking better advantage of natural light as opposed to artificial light.
• CO2 emissions: We have reduced CO2 emissions through actions such as using local products and making better use of our energy equipment. We use electric buggies for internal transport to avoid emissions and petrol consumption.
• Future self-supply: We are working on the installation of solar panels in our accommodations. The goal is to generate a 0 impact on our carbon footprint.
• Programmable air conditioning and heating: We use air conditioning and heating in different time slots in order to reduce daily energy use in our resort.

🌊 Cleaning the sea is more urgent than cleaning my room 🌊.

At Magic Costa Blanca we want to show that even the smallest decisions can create magic for the planet. That's why this year we are taking another step forward in our campaign ‘LOOK FOR A CLEAN SEA’ together with Gravity Wave, a movement driven by people, companies and agents of society, all united by a common mission: to achieve a plastic-free ocean 🌍💙.

Did you know that between 8 and 12 million tonnes of plastic are dumped into our oceans every year? That's the equivalent of dumping an entire cargo trailer every minute. If we don't make a radical change, by 2050 there could be more plastic than fish in the sea. Plastic pollution is killing millions of marine animals every year and damaging all marine ecosystems.

If you decide to hang the ‘Clean the sea is more urgent than cleaning my room’ sign on your bedroom door, we will do something much more significant: we will clean 1 kg of plastic from the Mediterranean Sea 🌊 for every time you do it.

Because we know that taking care of the sea is urgent, and together we can transform that little ‘mess’ into magical actions for a cleaner ocean.

Join the fight against plastic pollution in the seas and oceans! Your contribution is
essential for a healthy and plastic-free ocean 💙

✨ Make magic, clean up the sea ✨.