from carrying a cloth bag for buying groceries to avoiding plastic water bottles ncr residents are increasingly becoming environmentconscious however it all goes for a toss when travelling as buying a packet of chips plastic water bottles and using plastic bags for shopping seem unavoidable during a vacation however a number of people from ncr are choosing to travel in an ecofriendly way these ecofriendly travellers take a host of measures like carrying their own cutlery bringing their trash back home and refusing to use singleuse toiletries available at hotels some are also opting to book ecostays that promise them an environmentfriendly stay tourists are becoming conscious of the damage they cause to the place they visittourists are becoming conscious of the damage they cause to the place they visitwe travel by public conveyance to reduce carbon footprintecofriendly travellers are ditching the comfort of their own vehicles and travel by public transport instead last year we made a conscious decision to travel by public transport not just intercity but intracity too travelling by local buses in the city you are vacationing in is a new experience its not a long journey but i chose to travel to dehradun with my family by bus says gurgaon resident sameera satijakaushambi resident prerna prasad adds we only travel by our own car if all the seats of our vehicle are occupied if just two people are travelling from the family we take a buswe carry our own cutlery toiletriesbe it a teacup water bottle plates or spoons ecotravellers carry their own cutlery while travelling i have my own set of stainless steel cutlery that i use whenever we eat at roadside joints or any other place that serves food in disposables in dehradun we were at a teashop where they served chai in disposable cups since i was carrying only one steel glass we asked them to serve tea in that glass and my husband shared it with me says sameeranoida resident supriya sardana adds apart from the cutlery i also carry a steel water bottle that i refill whenever we stop by at any hotel or restaurant i also discourage my kids from buying packaged food on the way and we carry homecooked foodapart from this ecotravellers also carry their own toiletries to avoid using disposable ones in the hotel i recently travelled to jageshwar dham with my family and carried our own wooden toothbrush shampoo and toothpaste and asked the hotel staff to take away the disposable toiletries from the room says madhu mittal a resident of noidamany tourists bring back trash to create ecobricksmany tourists bring back trash to create ecobrickswe made ecobricks by recycling plastic paper ecotravellers bring back whatever little trash they generate during their trip in order to recycle it even after trying our best some trash was generated during our twoday trip to dehradun including a couple of tissue papers two paper plates and two wrappers of chips i brought it back home to make an