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

©edit

or

B

© 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 explained

1. 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 forother 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

Kgof waste sent to the landfill

Room Sold

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

Room Sold


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 placeuntil 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©gringer

ReduceGBA Hotels Examples (1 of 2)


“Love Food

Hate Waste”

campaign at

the staff

canteen

Reusable

containers

Develop a

procurement

policy.

Re-fill

containers

©Montgomery Cty Division of Solid

Waste Services

ReduceGBA 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

©4nitsirk

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 ©

mjm

onty

Recycle – GBA Hotels examples


Environment

Waste Management