The amount of paper, garbage and other waste your hotel generaes may be greater than you think. In addition to harming the environment, this waste is costing your hotel a lot of money. Therefore, in these times of cost cutting, hotel operators should consider conducting a waste audit to develop a plan to eliminate, reduce, reuse and recycle it all.
With waste and recycling programs being noticed by guests more than any other (unless you’ve got an energy monitoring kiosk in the lobby – which, by the way, exists), a successful program and on-going management could reduce operating costs.
Rundown of waste management benefits:
• Increase hotel revenue
• Reduce trash disposal bills(vary by region)
• Internal marketing program through recycling bins
• Attract eco-conscious guests back
• Boost your “green” image to guests and corporate business
• Comply with state waste laws and regulations (depends on state)
For example, after the Hilton Hotel at Walt Disney World Village began its recycling program, its garbage collection fees dropped 80 percent – from $6,000 a month to $1,200 a month. You can also save money by reducing the amount of materials wasted, and you can make money from the sale of recyclables wastes. The amount saved will depend on your hotel size, waste amount, market value of materials recycled, the availability of local markets for the materials, your location, landfll tipping fees, the cost of recycling containers and charges for collecting the materials.
Some “feel good” results:
• Save trees
• Reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases
• Saving dwindling landfill space, and
• Preserve non-renewable natural resources
• Conserve energy
• Save waste
WHAT IS A WASTE AUDIT?
First steps to a waste management program is a waste audit. During a waste audit, the auditor investigates the sources, composition, weight, volume, and destinations of the waste that your hotel generates. By learning more about the trash your hotel generates, you can be better informed about the products you buy that contribute to waste and be better prepared to more efficiently dispose of it, saving money and improving your green hotel’s environmental performance.One of my favorite sites has a good business waste audit form at Earth 911.
HOW TO START A WASTE REDUCTION & RECYCLING PROGRAM
Here are quick eight basic steps to start planning and implementing a waste reduction and recycling program at your green hotel:
• Organize a waste reduction team
• Conduct a waste assessment
• Establish waste reduction goals
• Secure recycling markets
• Set up a collection and storage system
• Buy recycled product
• Train your staff and promote the program
• Establish monitoring and evaluation procedures
HOW TO PERFORM A WASTE AUDIT
In order to create an accurate representation of your waste stream and recycling efforts, consider performing multiple waste audits at different seasons during the year. Here are a few things to note:
1. Ensure proper safety measures. Provide thick gloves to sorters, and make sure everyone has had a tetanus shot. Be sure to inform and educate the hotel’s staff on health and safety matters.
2. Ensure proper confidentially measures. The waste stream may contain personal and private information that should be kept confidential.
3. Enlist staff from each hotel department – your waste reduction team. The help of housekeeping, custodial staff, and waste haulers is invaluable to a successful waste audit. These personnel can assist in gathering your hotel’s waste and can also provide logistical insights about your recycling and waste management system.
4. Keep the timing of the audit a secret. By keeping the timing of a waste audit secret, you ensure that the waste you analyze is a truly representative sample of the waste your green hotel generates at a particular time of year. If people are informed in advance of the date of a waste audit, they may increase their recycling efforts or otherwise alter their behavior.
5. Collect waste. Work with waste haulers, staff, and concessions managers to collect the waste. Make sure that everything collected is clearly labeled by date and location.
6. Sort waste. Sort the collected waste by type, noting paper; cardboard; recyclable and nonrecyclable plastics, glass, and metals; food waste; batteries; and so on. Make sure to note recyclable materials that have not been diverted for recycling.
Analyze results and make recommendations.What is the composition of your hotel’s waste stream? How much can your hotel increase its recycling? By what methods can your eco-friendly hotel increase its recycling? How can waste be collected more efficiently? What are the opportunities to reduce waste generation? How can your sustainable business save money by altering its waste management systems?
About EcoGreenHotel
EcoGreenHotel LLC (Robbinsville, NJ), is a privately held company dedicated to helping lodging facilities address a broad spectrum of sustainability issues. The company provides information, tools, checklists, current news and trends to the hospitality industry through its website, http://www.EcoGreenHotel.com. The company also runs an online marketplace for green products and services at http://www.EcoGreenHotelStore.com. In addition to the online offerings, EcoGreenHotel provides customized consulting services tailored to the needs of the hospitality industry in the areas of energy efficiency and certifications, including LEED, Green Seal and Energy Star. For those properties that have reached certified levels of sustainability, EcoGreenHotel assists with marketing services to position the properties within the growing “green” space and enhance revenue. For further information, email info@EcoGreenHotel.com or call 888-229-0213
For more Information, please visit at : http://www.ecogreenhotel.com
Chennai, February 8, 2011: Flowserve Sanmar has won the CII Certificate of Commendation for Excellence in Environment, Health and Safety. At the awards announcement in Chennai recently, Flowserve Sanmar was recognized for excellence in occupational health, safety & environment management practices as well as its contribution to sustainable development.
“All through the decades of our existence, we have striven to do things “in a more right way”. It has always been more important for us to maintain a high standard of ethical values rather than grow larger in size with dilution of those values. Receiving an award for environment, health and safety is more an affirmation of what we believe so strongly in and gives us a feeling of satisfaction,” said Mr N Sankar, Chairman, The Sanmar Group of companies.
The various innovative EHS measures by Flowserve that were appreciated include the periodic safety, health and environment audits by the Business team, the Operating Control Procedure (OCP) display in form of Dos & Don’ts on each machine and the high level of cleanliness, orderliness & standardization practices in the shop floor operation.
Describing the commendation as a result of team effort, Mr Chander Shekhar Saraf, Executive Director spoke about attention to detail that could lead to hazards and pollution if not dealt with. “When the parts supplied by us are put into use by the customer, they come into contact with various toxic and corrosive fluids. These parts when received for refurbishment activity by us are properly tagged and moved to competent suppliers, who can identify and decontaminate them chemically without affecting environment. This returned goods handling procedure followed before starting replenishment ensures occupational health and safety of employees.”
Some of the other measures taken by Flowserve Sanmar include collecting paper, cotton & plastic wastes using separate bins in office & shop floor for proper disposal and preventing pollution, training & qualifying operators before employing them in handling forklift, lifter machine and order picker in stores for higher safety.
Over 125 organizations had applied for the EHS Excellence awards and experts assessed 52 of those short-listed, through onsite visits. The final evaluation was by juries comprising members from various organisations like Saint-Gobain, Grindwell Norton, Dupont, TVS Motors and GE.
Among those short-listed, 3 each were selected for awards, among large, medium and small companies while 13 were awarded a Certificate of Merit for commendable achievement for implementing Environment, Health and Safety initiatives.
With a vision of “combining integrity with excellence” Flowserve Sanmar, is part of Sanmar Engineering, the first business to be started by Mr N Sankar, Chairman of the USD 1 billion The Sanmar Group. Recently, another Sanmar company, Chemplast, won awards for water management, for its efforts in ensuring zero discharge of effluents. With yet another commendation to its credit, The Sanmar Group has reinforced further its commitment to protecting the environment.
DENVER, CO – July 24, 2010 – For anyone seeking information about traffic laws and how to fight traffic tickets, the website http://members.tixnix.com/ is a great resource with many different areas of legal help and information. The site is part of a network of legal sites that focus on giving readers information and offers a way for people to connect with attorneys in their geographical area for legal help. Other sites in the network include divorcehelpnet.me, bankruptcynethelp.me, injurynethelp.me, and criminalnethelp.me.
The site features an introductory video about TixNix, a forum and discussion area, and hundreds of blog articles written by legal professions on a variety of topics including traffic laws, criminal defense, tickets, and issues specific to certain states.
Attorneys who belong to the TixNix members group have a featured profile with a photo, contact information, and details about their areas of practice. This makes it very easy for potential clients to contact respected legal members of the community. There is also a search feature of the website where readers can find attorneys in their state.
Members.tixnix.com is a great site for legal information and resources.
The amount of paper, garbage and other waste your hotel generaes may be greater than you think. In addition to harming the environment, this waste is costing your hotel a lot of money. Therefore, in these times of cost cutting, hotel operators should consider conducting a waste audit to develop a plan to eliminate, reduce, reuse and recycle it all.
With waste and recycling programs being noticed by guests more than any other (unless you’ve got an energy monitoring kiosk in the lobby – which, by the way, exists), a successful program and on-going management could reduce operating costs.
Rundown of waste management benefits:
• Increase hotel revenue
• Reduce trash disposal bills(vary by region)
• Internal marketing program through recycling bins
• Attract eco-conscious guests back
• Boost your “green” image to guests and corporate business
• Comply with state waste laws and regulations (depends on state)
For example, after the Hilton Hotel at Walt Disney World Village began its recycling program, its garbage collection fees dropped 80 percent – from $6,000 a month to $1,200 a month. You can also save money by reducing the amount of materials wasted, and you can make money from the sale of recyclables wastes. The amount saved will depend on your hotel size, waste amount, market value of materials recycled, the availability of local markets for the materials, your location, landfll tipping fees, the cost of recycling containers and charges for collecting the materials.
Some “feel good” results:
• Save trees
• Reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases
• Saving dwindling landfill space, and
• Preserve non-renewable natural resources
• Conserve energy
• Save waste
WHAT IS A WASTE AUDIT?
First steps to a waste management program is a waste audit. During a waste audit, the auditor investigates the sources, composition, weight, volume, and destinations of the waste that your hotel generates. By learning more about the trash your hotel generates, you can be better informed about the products you buy that contribute to waste and be better prepared to more efficiently dispose of it, saving money and improving your green hotel’s environmental performance.One of my favorite sites has a good business waste audit form at Earth 911.
HOW TO START A WASTE REDUCTION & RECYCLING PROGRAM
Here are quick eight basic steps to start planning and implementing a waste reduction and recycling program at your green hotel:
• Organize a waste reduction team
• Conduct a waste assessment
• Establish waste reduction goals
• Secure recycling markets
• Set up a collection and storage system
• Buy recycled product
• Train your staff and promote the program
• Establish monitoring and evaluation procedures
HOW TO PERFORM A WASTE AUDIT
In order to create an accurate representation of your waste stream and recycling efforts, consider performing multiple waste audits at different seasons during the year. Here are a few things to note:
1. Ensure proper safety measures. Provide thick gloves to sorters, and make sure everyone has had a tetanus shot. Be sure to inform and educate the hotel’s staff on health and safety matters.
2. Ensure proper confidentially measures. The waste stream may contain personal and private information that should be kept confidential.
3. Enlist staff from each hotel department – your waste reduction team. The help of housekeeping, custodial staff, and waste haulers is invaluable to a successful waste audit. These personnel can assist in gathering your hotel’s waste and can also provide logistical insights about your recycling and waste management system.
4. Keep the timing of the audit a secret. By keeping the timing of a waste audit secret, you ensure that the waste you analyze is a truly representative sample of the waste your green hotel generates at a particular time of year. If people are informed in advance of the date of a waste audit, they may increase their recycling efforts or otherwise alter their behavior.
5. Collect waste. Work with waste haulers, staff, and concessions managers to collect the waste. Make sure that everything collected is clearly labeled by date and location.
6. Sort waste. Sort the collected waste by type, noting paper; cardboard; recyclable and nonrecyclable plastics, glass, and metals; food waste; batteries; and so on. Make sure to note recyclable materials that have not been diverted for recycling.
Analyze results and make recommendations.What is the composition of your hotel’s waste stream? How much can your hotel increase its recycling? By what methods can your eco-friendly hotel increase its recycling? How can waste be collected more efficiently? What are the opportunities to reduce waste generation? How can your sustainable business save money by altering its waste management systems?
About EcoGreenHotel
EcoGreenHotel LLC (Robbinsville, NJ), is a privately held company dedicated to helping lodging facilities address a broad spectrum of sustainability issues. The company provides information, tools, checklists, current news and trends to the hospitality industry through its website, http://www.EcoGreenHotel.com. The company also runs an online marketplace for green products and services at http://www.EcoGreenHotelStore.com. In addition to the online offerings, EcoGreenHotel provides customized consulting services tailored to the needs of the hospitality industry in the areas of energy efficiency and certifications, including LEED, Green Seal and Energy Star. For those properties that have reached certified levels of sustainability, EcoGreenHotel assists with marketing services to position the properties within the growing “green” space and enhance revenue. For further information, email info@EcoGreenHotel.com or call 888-229-0213
For more Information, please visit at : http://www.ecogreenhotel.com
Chennai, February 8, 2011: Flowserve Sanmar has won the CII Certificate of Commendation for Excellence in Environment, Health and Safety. At the awards announcement in Chennai recently, Flowserve Sanmar was recognized for excellence in occupational health, safety & environment management practices as well as its contribution to sustainable development.
“All through the decades of our existence, we have striven to do things “in a more right way”. It has always been more important for us to maintain a high standard of ethical values rather than grow larger in size with dilution of those values. Receiving an award for environment, health and safety is more an affirmation of what we believe so strongly in and gives us a feeling of satisfaction,” said Mr N Sankar, Chairman, The Sanmar Group of companies.
The various innovative EHS measures by Flowserve that were appreciated include the periodic safety, health and environment audits by the Business team, the Operating Control Procedure (OCP) display in form of Dos & Don’ts on each machine and the high level of cleanliness, orderliness & standardization practices in the shop floor operation.
Describing the commendation as a result of team effort, Mr Chander Shekhar Saraf, Executive Director spoke about attention to detail that could lead to hazards and pollution if not dealt with. “When the parts supplied by us are put into use by the customer, they come into contact with various toxic and corrosive fluids. These parts when received for refurbishment activity by us are properly tagged and moved to competent suppliers, who can identify and decontaminate them chemically without affecting environment. This returned goods handling procedure followed before starting replenishment ensures occupational health and safety of employees.”
Some of the other measures taken by Flowserve Sanmar include collecting paper, cotton & plastic wastes using separate bins in office & shop floor for proper disposal and preventing pollution, training & qualifying operators before employing them in handling forklift, lifter machine and order picker in stores for higher safety.
Over 125 organizations had applied for the EHS Excellence awards and experts assessed 52 of those short-listed, through onsite visits. The final evaluation was by juries comprising members from various organisations like Saint-Gobain, Grindwell Norton, Dupont, TVS Motors and GE.
Among those short-listed, 3 each were selected for awards, among large, medium and small companies while 13 were awarded a Certificate of Merit for commendable achievement for implementing Environment, Health and Safety initiatives.
With a vision of “combining integrity with excellence” Flowserve Sanmar, is part of Sanmar Engineering, the first business to be started by Mr N Sankar, Chairman of the USD 1 billion The Sanmar Group. Recently, another Sanmar company, Chemplast, won awards for water management, for its efforts in ensuring zero discharge of effluents. With yet another commendation to its credit, The Sanmar Group has reinforced further its commitment to protecting the environment.
DENVER, CO – July 24, 2010 – For anyone seeking information about traffic laws and how to fight traffic tickets, the website http://members.tixnix.com/ is a great resource with many different areas of legal help and information. The site is part of a network of legal sites that focus on giving readers information and offers a way for people to connect with attorneys in their geographical area for legal help. Other sites in the network include divorcehelpnet.me, bankruptcynethelp.me, injurynethelp.me, and criminalnethelp.me.
The site features an introductory video about TixNix, a forum and discussion area, and hundreds of blog articles written by legal professions on a variety of topics including traffic laws, criminal defense, tickets, and issues specific to certain states.
Attorneys who belong to the TixNix members group have a featured profile with a photo, contact information, and details about their areas of practice. This makes it very easy for potential clients to contact respected legal members of the community. There is also a search feature of the website where readers can find attorneys in their state.
Members.tixnix.com is a great site for legal information and resources.