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WASTE MANAGEMENT: A REVIEW ON HOTEL INDUSTRY

Yashwant Singh Rawal

Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan
ysrawal@jpr.amity.edu

SomyaTakuli
AIHM, Nainital, Uttrakhand
somya_nk_1234@yahoo.com

Abstract
Hotels are main source of waste production, an enormous part of waste produced of hotels lodging,
storage of kitchen zones. Accommodation sector would stay hazardous if led under investigated in
terms of Waste Management. Waste Management is a serious agenda that needs general public
awareness and administrative attention along with the guidance on a priority basis. Managing waste
in a best affects social, economic and environmental issues of countries and organization in Hotels
are the major user of resources and contribute toward the garbage development, as comparison to
other industry. There is a significant benefit of recycling & reusing is that it prevents valuable things
from being land filled and hence saves energy and natural resource. Avoiding the utilization of
plastic utensils and plastic disposable it could be cultivated if Hotels offers only silverware or
flatware to guests who can be gotten back to the staff; this would definitely gives a guest the
alternative of utilizing plastic utensils. Food waste, leftover foods, kitchen waste is reused through
treating the soil to change over natural fertilizer, an ideal soil conditioner. The purpose of this
research is to make the people aware with that WASTE TO ENERGY is an alternative source of
energy, which can be utilized effectively for their consumption. This study also shows the
importance of alternative requirements for disposal of waste without affecting the environment and
health of the people surrounding
Keywords: Kitchen waste, Hotel industry, waste management

Introduction
Recycling is the practice that refers to the assortment and restoring of waste materials. It is the
process where the resources from which the things are made can be recycled in new items. Anyway
this all requires research, skills, assessment, time management, finance and uplifting or positive
demeanour of the association. At the moment, there are adverse and unsupervised waste
management practices are adopted in hotel industry. Waste product is not anything that could be
discarded and disposed off anywhere and anytime. It can further be a valuable resource if addressed
correctly, through policy and practice. Some of the hotels are following measures to minimise paper
clutter, the Hotels must switch to an online newsletters. Eliminating the utilization of plastic utensils-

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this can be refined if organizations give just flatware to visitors that can be returned back to the staff,
this would solve the purpose and a visitor would have the alternative of avoiding usage of plastic
utensils. Hotels, restaurants, casinos, bars, and nightclub actually need to discover how decreasing
the plastic items in their foundations are influencing the visitor. Bars and Restaurants are probably
going to create an enormous amount of waste glass. Subsequently, it very well might be simpler to
just have different dustbins for glass reusing for better segregation. A reusing or recycling system of
any Hotel will help in planning to control, make reserve funds in resource and cost of energy, just as
lessening utilization of waste. Hotel garbage must be are appropriately treated by looking at the
component and composition. Biodegradable waste products must be arranged for treating the
composting cycle or bio gas plant. In the event that the volume of waste and land for squander
treatment is restricted, at that point the best suit alternative is bio gas. Something else if the volume
of waste is higher than fertilizing the soil is suitable for squander treatment. It would be admired to
prepare all individuals from staff to higher management to apprise with a natural awareness course to
assist them with understanding why reusing and limiting waste is so significant. Waste management
plays a major role in minimising the cost of managing the hotel and enhancing the overall
profitability of the hotel. It leads to the righteous methods of dealing waste materials, maintenance of
Garbage transport trucks as per the environmental policy. The waste management procedures include
e.g. recycling, waste reduction, environmental policy, waste prevention ideas, segregation. Waste
management in the Hotel Industry is an absolute necessity for the drawn out maintainability and
benefit of the Hospitality business. Dump Management will signify "the assortment, transport,
recuperation and removal of waste, including the supervision of such activities and aftercare of
removal sites. One of the significant advantages of reusing is it keeps valuable material used as land
filled and consequently saves energy and normal asset. The reusing group ought to include the
lodging staff as well as the inns visitors as well. This data can be given by putting data cards in
visitor rooms. This advises the visitor where to leave their recyclable material.

Benefits of Waste Minimization

The advantages of the execution of waste minimization in the Hotels are as follows
[1] Minimum waste generation is generated because of the execution of waste reduction
programs in lodging and resorts and the support of tourist visitors and employees. Thus, the
market trends, which attract and motivate tourists to visit increases more tourist will be
pulled in.
[2] Contributing and returning back to the society and maintaining eco friendly concerns
definitely add on towards the outlook of the overall hotel as a public image.
[3] An environmental focused hotel’s operations create a competitive and separating that
particular hotel with their other competitors.

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Difficulties of Waste Minimization

Few difficulties are mentioned below
[1] Waste minimisation, reuse and recuperation have become a necessary piece of numerous
hotel management plans; space restrictions and money make this cycle hazardous for certain
facilities.
[2] Restricted information and training can be very difficult for chiefs or HOD to train their
representatives in doing these environmental cordial practices. Absence of authority over
these practices can be very requesting.
[3] At the more modest inns, the expenses exceed the advantages leaving the office with no
motivating force to complete this supportable method of working. Natural awareness is
developing at a moderate rate.

The main objective of the study is to provide a review of key concepts and issues relevant to waste
management for Hotel in India and to suggest recommendations and areas for further research.

Waste minimization is essential in the hotel industry with regards to waste reduction, reuse, recovery
and disposal.
From the literature review obtained from different sources hotel can adopt the hierarchy of waste
Minimization, Reduction, Reuse and Recovery.

Literature Review
Waste management is the “age, counteraction, portrayal, checking, treatment, dealing with, reuse and
lingering manner of strong squanders” [Wikipedia].According to Wikipedia recycling or reusing is
an asset recuperation practice that refers to the assortment and reuse of waste materials

Wastes are those materials not, at this point needed by an individual, foundation or industry. Waste
is in this way viewed as side-effects or final results of the creation and utilization measure
individually (Source: A Vesilind, 1995)

In one of the study it is found that Hotels are main reasons of producing waste, to decrease the
volume of waste production, Kirk (1995) focused on purchasing policies (develop partnership,
products with sensible packing), waste reduction program (control waste, reuse and recycle) and
waste disposal (partnership with disposal companies, sound disposal methods) by hotel to meet
environmental responsibility and reduce the burden of waste.

Waste produced by Resorts could be minimized by composting because that’s a great substitute. It is
a biological process of decomposition of organic wastes within certain conditions like proper
ventilation, temperature, moisture, and carbon and nitrogen ratio (MSW Manual, 2000).

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As indicated by (Chan & Lam, 2001) numerous low budget lodging administrators have next to no
intrigue in lessening as well as reusing waste, accepting that such exercises are excessively costly
and tedious.

As per another study (McCoy, Bacot, and Galvan, 2002) Hospitality sector is majorly responsible of
waste production, which is directly sent to the dumping zones in the cities without suitable treatment
or proper segregation.

Study has shown (Rohweder, 2008) Hotel industry is the primary cause of waste production, major
part of waste generated are mostly from Hotel rooms, storing area, and kitchen areas. If the entire
waste is managed positively this will affect social, economic and environmental issues of countries.

(Todd and Hawkins, 2003) indicated that in every hospitality sector, the expense of solid waste
administration incorporates different factors, for example, the removal and transport of waste, just as
related work costs.

(Zhu et al., 2008) focused that most human exercises make waste, and the manner in which this
waste is taken care of, put away, gathered, and discarded can present dangers to the climate and
human wellbeing.

The study (Memon, 2010) helps to understand that with the expansion of hotel activities as well as
fast pace urbanization, the waste production has extensively increased. Unsupervised management of
the Hotel waste has prompted different dangers for Mankind as well as entire Biological Ecosystem.
Reusing waste has been effectively dealing with the issue identified with waste.

Aqua utilization is reduced by 12% and 4% in energy for each every occupied room (“Marriott
International,” 2012). Every establishment has an online mode or a tool with a list of environmental
Practices therefore the customer may be apprise in environment-friendly steps (“Marriott
International,” 2012).

As recommended by (Kukulka, 2018) One of the significant advantage of reusing is that it keeps
valuable material from being land filled and subsequently saves energy and regular asset. Waste
Management is a major issue that needs human alertness and legislative consideration right away.

The Hotel targeted to control greenhouse gas emissions per square meter, target was achieved and
the emissions diminished to 25% in almost all the properties (“Press Release: Hyatt,” 2018).

(Korstanje& George, 2012) Accommodation sector would stay hazardous if led under investigated in
terms of Waste Management.

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Florida Hotels & Motel Association, December (1993) distributed a guide for reusing in Hotels and
Motels. In the guide they distributed about reusing all in all, its advantages in saving energy, how to
coordinate a reusing plant in a lodging, workers just as visitors inclusion the reusing program and
furthermore about the waste.

Conclusion
Waste management in the Hotel Industry is an absolute necessity for the drawn out maintainability
and benefit of the Hospitality business. Organising the garbage surely affects society, finance related
and environmental issues of Nations and organization. It can further be a valuable resource if
addressed correctly, through policy and practice. Hotel industry is the main source of waste
generation, which is directly sent to the landfill sites without any proper treatment. Hotels are the
major consumers of resources and contribute toward the garbage development, as compared to other
industry. There is a significant benefit of recycling & reusing is that it prevents valuable things from
being land filled and thus saves energy and natural resource. Avoiding the utilization of plastic
utensils and plastic disposable it could be cultivated if Hotels offers only silverware or flatware to
guests who can be gotten back to the staff; this would definitely gives a guest the alternative of
utilizing plastic utensils. Food waste, leftover foods, kitchen waste is reused through treating the soil
to change over natural fertilizer, an ideal soil conditioner. The uniqueness of Resorts offerings helps
the property stand out in a jam-packed or crowded hospitality marketplace, however could bring
about extra migraines while thinking about the most ideal approach to discard these merchandise.
With the increase of business activities as well as fast pace commercialization, the waste production
has also increased. Improper management of this waste has led to various hazards not only for
human lives but also to the entire ecosystem.

Suggestions-
1. An energy-escalated plastic shredder can be modified to run uniquely during off-top hours,
permitting the organization to set aside some cash.
2. Timing gadgets could be introduced on baseboard warmers in workplaces, lodgings,
bathrooms, meeting rooms and some other offices to stop them when they are not being
utilized.
3. Replacing high-stream WC with low-stream models, this will save a great deal water use in
an inn, particularly whenever introduced in the rooms.
4. To reduce paper waste, the organization could change to an online pamphlets or newsletter.

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