I ran across an article on the Chicago Tribune Online. Entitled “The state (by state) of 'green' hotels” it discusses the impact hotels have on the environment.
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An average-sized hotel purchases more products in a week than 100 families will in a year, according to the California Integrated Waste Management Board, generating as much as 30 pounds of waste per room per day. The lodging industry in California also generates 112,000 tons of food waste, 2 percent of the state's total. To wash one pound of room linen takes approximately two gallons of water, according to Hilton Hotels Corp., and a typical occupied room uses 11.5 pounds of linens per day. A single large, fully occupied hotel with a typical stay of two nights can use more than 34,000 gallons just for laundering room linens.
The "greening" of the travel industry is a hot topic both for those in the industry and for travelers. More than a third of travelers surveyed in April by travel advice Web site Tripadvisor.com said that environmentally friendly tourism is a consideration when traveling. Though many hotels have been moving for more than a decade toward lessening their environmental impact through simple solutions such as the use of cards encouraging travelers to reuse towels and linens, a movement is afoot for states to take a more active role in identifying what constitutes a "green" hotel.
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An average-sized hotel purchases more products in a week than 100 families will in a year, according to the California Integrated Waste Management Board, generating as much as 30 pounds of waste per room per day. The lodging industry in California also generates 112,000 tons of food waste, 2 percent of the state's total. To wash one pound of room linen takes approximately two gallons of water, according to Hilton Hotels Corp., and a typical occupied room uses 11.5 pounds of linens per day. A single large, fully occupied hotel with a typical stay of two nights can use more than 34,000 gallons just for laundering room linens.
The "greening" of the travel industry is a hot topic both for those in the industry and for travelers. More than a third of travelers surveyed in April by travel advice Web site Tripadvisor.com said that environmentally friendly tourism is a consideration when traveling. Though many hotels have been moving for more than a decade toward lessening their environmental impact through simple solutions such as the use of cards encouraging travelers to reuse towels and linens, a movement is afoot for states to take a more active role in identifying what constitutes a "green" hotel.
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