Marriott International greening its hotels
Marriott International is greening its $10 billion supply chain and reducing its global environmental footprint.
The hotel is replacing its 24 million plastic key cards purchased annually with 50 percent recycled material, saving 66 tons of plastics from ending up in landfills.
As the hotels deplete existing supplies, the company will also replace them with new, greener products including:
Eco-Smart pillows. The company will replace 100,000 synthetic pillows annually with more eco-friendly pillows with polyester micro fiber made from 100 percent recycled PET bottles.
Coreless toilet paper. By late 2009, 500 hotels will feature”coreless”toilet paper, eliminating 2 million cores a year, saving trees, 3 million gallons of water and 21 tons of packaging waste. The new tissue will contain 20-40 percent recycled fiber.
Recycled paper products. Most hotel paper products are made from recycled paper.
Oxo-biodegradable plastic laundry bags. More than 100 Marriott, Renaissance and Courtyard hotels in the Middle East and Europe, will purchase oxo-biodegradable plastic laundry bags. The bags will disintegrate in two to five years, if they’re not recycled or reused.
For more information on Marriott’s environmental strategy, check out Marriott online.
Images courtesy of Marriott
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