Hotel and Resort Waste Management Policies

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Hotel and Resort Waste Management Policies

• By Emalee OConnor

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Agenda

• Introduction
• Sustainability in Hotels and Resorts
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Principles, Policy to Practice
• The benefits of waste management policies
• Case Studies
• Conclusions- Policy Implications
• Discussion

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Introduction

• Hotel and resort waste management is an important
  step towards sustainability in the accommodation
  sector.
• Green products are in demand from the consumer
  right now.
• Policies that have been implemented in hotels are
  diverse and unique.

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The Need for Policies

• The amount of waste which is created in the hotel
  and resort sector is huge.
• A single hotel in Toronto creates upwards of 1200
  pounds of solid waste in a single day! (Shanklin
  et al.)
• Waste water and sewage is not counted within that
  figure, which will add a significant amount of
  waste.
• Resource usage is becoming unsustainable within
  luxury resorts.
• Green motivations for businesses.

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Sustainability

• Sustainability is important to include in all
  policies for hotel and resort waste management.
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle The most important
  policy to implement.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

• Environmental protection initiatives are commonly
  found within the CSR profile.
• There are both positive and negative aspects of
  CSR.
• Positive Environmental awareness, increased
  loyalty to each hotel
• Negative A PR invention? (Frankental)

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Principles, Policy, Practice

• Principles
• The principles of waste management are determined
  by the values held by stakeholders.
• Changes in principles mean changes in the
  policies that are important to consumers.
• Important factors pertaining to waste management
  the environment

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Principles, Policy, Practice

• Policy
• The policy is planned after the values and
  ideologies of the target market are determined.
• This policy can change at any time as it is a
  working model to assess the long-term benefits.
• Simple, straight-forward policies are the ones
  which are most successful.

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Principles, Policy, Practice

• Putting the policy into practice is the final
  test.
• Accessibility and ease of transition into the
  policy is key.
• Education for employees and guests is essential.

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Policy Examples

• Vietnam Hotels
• Food scraps are sold to local farmers for animal
  feed.
• Recyclables collected and sold to a third party
  materials collector.
• Re-useable materials kept, or sold to scrap
  collectors.
• Office materials (paper) is conserved as much as
  possible.
• (Trung and Kumar)

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Policy Examples

• Fairmount Hotels Resorts
• In-room guest recycling
• Donate partially used goods to shelters
• Grounds and golf courses irrigated with
  wastewater
• Reduce waste water with low-flow toilets and
  shower heads
• Free parking for hybrid cars
• (Miner)

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Policy Implications

• These policies, if successfully executed can help
  to preserve the environment.
• Keeping excess waste out of the waste stream is
  beneficial.
• Policies result in education about current issues
  for employees and guests alike.
• Overall, waste management policies in hotels and
  resorts are positive.

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Questions and Discussion
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References

• http//luxuryresorttravel.suite101.com/article.cfm
  /a_leader_in_sustainable_tourism
• Trung, Do Nam, and S. Kumar. "Resource use and
  waste management in Vietnam hotel industry."
  Journal of Cleaner Production 13 (2005) 109-16.
• Frankental, Peter. "Corporate social
  responsibility - a PR invention?" Corporate
  Communications An International Journal 6
  (2001) 18-23.