Viking Line’s successful environmental campaign with plastic bags will also continue this year. As a result of the campaign, some of the revenue from each plastic carrier bag sold in the vessels’ tax- and duty-free stores is donated to environmental work in the Baltic Sea. This year the recipients are the Finnish environmental organization Keep the Archipelago Tidy Association and the Tvärminne Zoological Station. Viking Line emphasizes the benefits of working directly with environmental organizations and with environmental researchers, since they work with great focus to achieve visible, concrete results in the immediate environment.

“Our vessels operate daily in the archipelago, which is where our company has its roots. We want to take our responsibility for the marine environment in different ways, in part by offering our passengers environmentally-friendly alternatives on board. Along with our own environmental efforts, we want to support organizations that work concretely to protect the archipelago,” says Johanna Boijer-Svahnström, Vice President of Corporate Communications at Viking Line.

The new biodegradable plastic carrier bags have a brand-new design and will cost 0.30 euros or SEK 2.99.