New York (CNN Business) Plastic toiletries at one of the world's largest hotel chains are checking out — for good.

InterContinental Group is eliminating the travel-sized tubes of shampoo, conditioner and bath gel from its 843,000 rooms across its global chain of hotels. Guests will find bulk-sized toiletries beginning in 2021.

IHG is eliminating miniature-sized toilietries beginning in 2021.

IHG IHG , which owns Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza and Kimpton, said it's the first major hotel chain to make the environmentally friendly change

"Switching to larger-size amenities across more than 5,600 hotels around the world is a big step in the right direction and will allow us to significantly reduce our waste footprint and environmental impact as we make the change," CEO Keith Barr said in a release

IHG said roughly 200 million miniature-sized toiletries are placed in rooms every year. Replacing them with bulk-sized accessories will lead to a "significant reduction in plastic waste," the company said.

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