waste management

Waste Managementwith the 3R

Greener Workplaces and Operations(Part 4)

Why care about waste?

Nick Smith

Large amounts of waste mean

Health and environmental problems

Throwing away resources

Hotels generate large amounts of waste

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© International Labour Organization (ILO)

The impacts of waste

Air and water contamination

Hygiene and health problems

Negative experience of tourists


What is the 3R?

An approach to improve waste management

It helps maximizing the benefits and use of supplies

and materials while generating as little waste as possible

3R & the Waste management hierarchy

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

Most favoured option

Least favoured option

Thee 3R explained1. Reduce: minimizing generation of

waste in the first place: avoid unnecessary purchasing, packaging, minimise rejects

2. Reuse: using items again for the original purpose or a different purpose

3. Recycle/Recover: discarded items or their parts are utilized as inputs for other products/processes

Benefits of the 3R

• Waste means resources are not used in the best way reducing waste helps improving efficiency

• The 3R looks for the root cause of the waste problem :

‘What to do with waste?’ ‘How do we reduce waste?’

• Reducing waste has a better impact on the environment than recycling

Getting Started

Waste Review

Review/ Rethink

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose


Getting Started Waste Review

Review/ Rethink

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

MEASURE, monitor and analyse


Getting Started Waste Review

Review/ Rethink

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

HOW MUCH waste the hotel/department

produces

WHAT types

HOW it is being disposed

MEASURE, monitor and analyse


Measuring Waste

Kg

of waste sent to the landfill

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Practical tips:

Borrow/buy a few scales

Nominate a waste champion at each waste monitoring point to keep records in an accurate way.

Ask you waste collecting company to share figures each time they come and collect waste, to get a monthly figure

Kgof waste recycled

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When further reuse is not possible,

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Dispose

Look at one type of waste

Can you eliminate or reduce it?

Can you use items again?

How to best recycle them?

When further reduction is not possible,

Applying the 3R


Definition: waste that can pose risks for the health and safety of hotel staff and those in charge of disposal.

Examples:Light bulbs, batteries, chemicals residuals, chemicals containers (including paints, fertilizers), any medicines,..

Health & Safety Hazardous Wastes


Health & Safety Hazardous Wastes

Managing Hazardous Waste

Identify them

Train staff on safe handling instructions

Designate specific safe collection area and closed containers

Dispose of hazardous waste in appropriate local facilities (contact local authorities)

• Keep the waste collection area clean and tidy to avoid hygiene problems+pests

• Store solid waste in a safe, sanitary place until it is picked up

• Train staff on safe and hygienic procedures for handling and disposing of waste

Health & Safety Waste Handling and Storage


“Food audit” to understand

and take action to

adjust food quantities

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Reduce GBA Hotels Examples (1 of 2)


“Love Food Hate

Waste” campaign

at the staff

canteen

Reusable containers

Develop a procurement

policy.

Re-fill containe

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©Montgomery Cty Division of Solid Waste Services

Reduce GBA Hotels Examples (2 of 2)


• Use left over soaps for cleaning purposes

• Re-use broken deck-chairs to construct other type of furniture

• Use of damaged sheets/tablecloths for making hand towels

• Donate and/or sell unwanted furniture

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Reuse – GBA Hotels examples


• Sale of segregated waste and utilisation of revenues for staff funds

• Food waste to make organic compost for hotel grounds

• Implementation of an efficient waste sorting system for recyclable items.

• Effective Microorganisms and phasing out of selected chemical cleaning products

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Recycle – GBA Hotels examples


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