How Hotels Are Going Green

According to GreenHotels.com, hotels are making a conscious effort to initiate eco-friendly methods of service.

The next time you are planning a stay at a hotel or a meeting in one of their banquet halls, ask your hotel if they are doing their part to save the earth.

Here is a sample of what's going on around the world according to GreenHotels.com...

1. Meeting and banquet facilities are using pourers for sugar, pitchers for cream and small serving dishes for butter and jellies.

2. A Toronto hotel is recycling stained tablecloths into napkins, chef's aprons and neckties.

3. Bicycles are being loaned or rented to guests.

4. Coins or chips are being used for car parking and coat checking instead of paper tickets.

5. Hotels are making cloth laundry bags from retired sheets.

6. Mowed landscaping is being replaced by ground cover. Lawnmowers are used less, so air pollution and noise are reduced.

7. A Florida hotel bought a mulcher to chop up their garden clippings and create their own mulch. The mulcher paid for itself in three months.

8. A Wisconsin B&B has installed beautiful blue floor tile made from recycled automobile windshields.

9. Chief engineers have found that toilet tank fill diverters in older toilets save about 3/4 of a gallon of water per flush.

10. A Pennsylvania property has a 400' garden and produces organically-grown vegetables for its restaurant.

11. Restaurants and bars in hotels are using daylight exclusively for as much of each day as possible.

12. Solar energy is lighting signage and heating water for hotels in tropical areas.