EnviroHumanImpact

This post is coming to you on the road from my hotel room in Providence, Rhode Island.  With US consumer traveling less and new hotels sprouting up all the time, competition for limited customers has really put the squeeze on hotel chains’ profitability, especially with escalating transportation costs.  As a result, hotels have been adopting new ways to limit expenses and make more money, all the while reducing their envirohuman impact!

You might already know where I’m going with this if you stayed at virtually any hotel around the country in the last couple years.  First, consider the number of bath towels washed every single day at hotels and motels around the world, many of which are barely, if at all, soiled or dirty.

So basically, a little card might say,

“Help us conserve our natural resources.  If you would like your towels replaced each morning, please leave them on the floor.  Towels left hanging on the towel rack tell us that you wish to reuse them.  Using towels  more than once saves hundreds of pounds of detergent and thousands of gallons of water each year.  Thank you for helping us conserve water and save the environment.”

I’ve noticed over the last couple years more and more hotels posting similar policies in the guestroom bathrooms.

Now, from a business standpoint, since hotels don’t charge additional fees for more towels being washed and dried, if they could reduce the number of them that are cleaned each day, they could potentially save significant amounts of wasted money on water, detergent, and electricity (remember it’s not just the water and detergent to wash them but all the heat to dry them right away!).  I suppose it’s just nice to see when the desire for greater profitability falls in-line with green business practices.

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