HIGHLAND PARK, ILL.—Hotels looking to go “green” have typically been at a loss to find attractive recycling containers for their high profile areas. According the Steve Tilkin, principal of T2 Site Amenities, “hospitality distributors have not offered attractive recycling containers and manufacturers of aesthetic recycling containers have not targeted hospitality.” T2 Site Amenities is bridging that gap by introducing a wide array of upscale recycling solutions from an assortment of top manufacturers.
Hotel guests who recycle at home expect to recycle while traveling. Moreover, surveys have shown that the majority of hotel guests will use recycling containers if given the option.
The demand for green hotels has extended well beyond consumers. In 2007, the EPA, with a $50 million annual travel budget, gave its procurement staff a list of questions to ask hotels bidding for EPA business. This list includes questions on recycling efforts. The General Services Administration, with a $13.5 billion travel budget, has decided to follow the EPA’s checklist. Hotels that do not offer recycling programs cannot bid on this substantial $13 billion in travel business.
“Hotels are recognizing that adding recycling containers to lobbies, entrances and guestrooms makes both environmental and economic sense,” Tilkin says.
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