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Tourism and the Environment


Greening Your Hotel Office

  • Reduce paper usage by making discarded paper into scratch pads and using double-sided copying.
  • Install recycling bins for office paper, cans, bottles, newspapers and other wastes appropriate for your office. Also, recycle fax machine and copier cartridges.
  • Upgrade your lighting by installing energy-efficient T8 lamps with electronic ballasts. Use motion sensor light switches or switches on a timer.
  • Purchase energy-efficient computers, copiers and other equipment for your office.
  • Purchase products that are recyclable and contain recycled content.

Hotel Fact
The average hotel purchases more products in one week than 100 families will typically purchase in one year.


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