How hard would it be for hotels to add blue waste baskets for recycling? And then to actually recycle the things that are thrown in?
When I stay at hotels in Canada, almost every room has a recycling bin. But almost none of the hotels I use in the States offer recycling. I don’t get it.
I’d be much more impressed with the “help us save the environment by reusing your sheets and towels” hangers if they were accompanied by a blue recycling bin.
What do I throw out in my hotel room? Newspapers and magazines; bottles and cans, and white paper, mostly.
All are readily recyclable.
I’d bet most people throw out the same. There may be a little plastic or food waste, but it can easily be separated into the real waste basket. Recycling would provide a small revenue stream, one that should certainly offset the costs of a recycling program.
So?
I’m going to print out this blog post, and next time I stay in one of the hotels that uses that “help us save the environment” pitch, but doesn’t offer recycling, I’m going to hand it to the general manager and ask him or her what the deal is.
