ODESSA, FLA.—Hasek Communications, the Odessa, Fla.-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Henkel as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. With Henkel’s Dial Eco-Smart Amenity Dispensing system, hospitality establishments can reduce their plastic waste by up to 90 percent and their costs by at least 50 percent. The Dial Eco-Smart amenity line helps businesses be more profitable and more sustainable, while providing guests the confidence that comes from using the Dial soap brand. Henkel is currently offering a six room free trial. Contact Attila Juhasz at Attila.Juhasz@henkel.com or (480) 754-6415. Also see www.dialprofessional.com.

CLEVELAND—Thundering applause. Palpable excitement. Large-scale events are marked by common elements, but one universal feature exists just behind the scenes: food waste. As attendance numbers pile up, so does the food waste. But Grind2Energy, Emerson’s large-scale food waste recycling system, is putting food waste to work—by converting it into energy. Because more food waste leads to more energy, the impact at large venues like the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland can really add up. In fact, at the recent Republican National Convention, the center generated over two tons of waste. Through Grind2Energy’s innovative process, large amounts of food waste from...

PLAYA GUIONES, COSTA RICA—In a country so well known for its ecotourism and renewable energy leadership positions, it should come as no surprise that one of its hotels has earned the rare LEED Platinum certification. That is what happened this summer at the Olas Verdes Hotel in Playa Guiones, Costa Rica. Luis Pardo, General Manager of the boutique hotel with five casitas, said the property is the first surf hotel in the world and the first hotel in Costa Rica to reach the LEED Platinum level. The Olas Verdes Hotel opened last December, Pardo says. “The owners wanted to have...

Businesses care about the sustainability of our planet and they are seeking partners who also care about the planet. Business partners adapt this green initiative in choosing hotels for lodging and facilities where they will hold their conferences. Change the light bulbs to LEDs. Put some solar panels on the roof. These are great steps to take to reduce your carbon footprint. But what do you do with your property’s food waste? A total of 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted annually worldwide. Sending solid food waste to a landfill can create more than 10 times the effect on...

GRANT, MICH.—When Greenbuild, the largest international green building conference and expo, convenes next month in Los Angeles, Porous Pave, Inc. (booth 921) will celebrate a major environmental milestone: surpassing 7.5 million pounds of recycled rubber used in manufacturing its permeable paving material. An eco-friendly green building product made in the United States, Porous Pave is a highly porous, durable and flexible paving material consisting of recycled rubber, chipped granite aggregate and a liquid binder. The controlled shredding and processing of discarded tires produces the 1/8-1/4-inch, fine-cut chips of recycled rubber incorporated into Porous Pave.“Topping 7.5 million pounds of recycled...

TRAVELERS REST, S.C.—EnviroPure, a self-contained food waste disposal system, has moved to a standardized equipment line that offers customers more convenient ordering and delivery and faster, easier installation. The move allows EnviroPure to better accommodate a variety of facilities with unique food waste disposal needs without the need for time-consuming custom design. Six new standard system sizes offer capacities ranging from 300 to 2,000 pounds of food waste per day.The standard systems are optimized for kitchens serving approximately 950 to 6,000 meals per day. Higher capacity units can still be customized as needed.“These new standard systems are sized to...

CINCINNATI—Matthew 25: Ministries, a top-ranked international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization headquartered in Cincinnati, is acknowledging corporate donors nationwide that represent the pinnacle of responsible corporate environmental stewardship through the Green Giving program. These corporations work throughout the year with Matthew 25: Ministries to rescue, recycle, reuse and repurpose millions of pounds of excess products, saving these products from the landfill, protecting the environment and helping millions of people throughout the United States and worldwide each year.Commercial and industrial waste is a significant portion of solid waste. American industrial facilities generate and dispose of approximately 7.6 billion tons...

NEW YORK—It’s official. New York City’s newly mandated commercial organics law (1162-A) will hold certain foodservice establishments to a higher standard of food waste management and many operators have no real understanding of how this can negatively affect their business. ORCA has announced a solution—the ORCA system—for diverting food waste from landfills and incineration that is 100 percent compliant and easy to implement.“This is a serious issue for many of New York City’s high volume restaurants and hotels,” says Spiro Frangos, Director of Business Development for ORCA. “Our ORCA system is specifically designed to address and immediately solve the...

SANDSTON, VA.—Organic waste recycling has become a major topic in recent months with many states implementing organic waste mandates for businesses. Reducing a hotel’s food waste can promote a brand’s environmentally-friendly status as well as generate purchasing savings and reduce hauling costs.Glasdon, a leading supplier of recycling bins and trash cans, presents their best-selling food waste recycling bin, the Nexus Shuttle. Ideal for kitchens and food preparation areas, the Nexus Shuttle has proved popular amongst restaurants and hotels and is ideal for collecting organic waste scraps and unwanted food.The unit offers a small footprint to ensure that it takes...

ODESSA, FLA.—Hasek Communications, the Odessa, Fla.-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes PragmaTech Ltd. as a Founding Sponsor. Thanks to the power of the “Internet of Things”, PragmaTech has developed tools to combine its expertise in solid waste equipment with an advanced ERP/CRM platform called Pandora Intelligent Networks. Customers experience significantly improved waste management, recycling, and sustainability achievements; and improved asset management results from PragmaTech’s ability to collect and analyze data generated from waste equipment.  PragmaTech’s fullness monitoring capabilities typically result in 30 percent to 50 percent savings off one’s total waste haulage bill. The data collected allows PragmaTech...