Waste management

Disposal, processing, controlling, recycling, and

reusing the solid, liquid, and gaseous wastes of
plants, animals, humans,food and other
organisms. It includes control within a closed
ecological system to maintain a habitable
environment.
 According to type-there are 9
classification of waste:-
Type0. Trash- is basically your paper waste which is disposed -it is the
paper waste and after disposing less than 5% of residual solid
remain.
Type1. Rubbish-Rubbish is 80% trash plus 20% restaurant waste.
10% out of this will be incombustible (cannot be burnt) (plastic,
ceramic)
Two types: -
Combustible and non combustible

Combustible is paper plastic, cardboard, wood, rubber and also

discarded linen
Non combustible- tin, can, metal, glass, ceramic etc
Type 2 is Refuse- It is 50% type of which is trash and 50% type 1. has
a residual moisture content of 50 % (which means part of is trash
and part of is it requires to be burnt at a higher temperature.
Type 3 - is Garbage- All the food waste under it has 70% water
Type 4 - is Residue- It includes all solid waste (in practice) this category
Includes, garbage, rubbish, ashes and also dead animal or bird products.
Type5-
is Ashes- It is residue from fire used for cooking, heating or burning of Waste.
Type 6-

Biological waste- Human and animal remains resulting from patient Diagnosis
and treatment procedure.
Type 7-
Liquid by product waste- usually toxic and dangerous for health, must be
Treated with a disinfectant prior to disposal insanitary sewers.
Type8 –

Solid by product waste- which is toxic capable of being sterilized, Package

and discarded with normal trash.
Solid waste from hotel

Solid wastes: domestic, commercial

and industrial wastes especially
common as co-disposal of wastes

Examples: plastics, Styrofoam

containers, bottles,
cans, papers, scrap iron, and other trash
 Liquid waste from hotel

Liquid Wastes: wastes in liquid form

Examples: domestic
washings, chemicals, oils, waste
water from,
manufacturing industries
and other sources
Classification of Wastes according to
their Properties
Bio-degradable
can be degraded (paper, wood, fruits and
others)

Non-biodegradable
cannot be degraded (plastics, bottles, old
machines,
cans, Styrofoam containers and others)
 WHAT SHOULD BE DONE

Reduce Waste
- Reduce office paper waste by implementing a formal
policy to duplex all draft reports and by making
training manuals and personnel information available
electronically.

- Improve product design to use less materials.

- Switch to reusable transport containers.

- Purchase products in bulk.

 WHAT SHOULD BE DONE

Reuse

- Reuse office furniture and supplies, such as

interoffice envelopes, file folders, and paper.

- Use durable towels, tablecloths, napkins,

dishes, cups, and glasses.

- Encourage employees to reuse office

materials rather than purchase new ones.
ecologically sound waste

waste reduction
segregation at source
recycling and re-use
 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS: EMS
What is an EMS?
An EMS is a formal set of policies and procedures that
define how an organization will evaluate, manage, and
track its environmental impact. It follows the basic
model:

Plan > Do > Check > Act

This facilitates cost-effective environmental

performance by defining and continuously improving
the process and actions that an organization undertakes
to meet its environmental goals.
Stages in the Implementation of EMS

Plan
Identify all environmental aspects: any
environmental or health and safety impacts
resulting from activities and services. The
organization then evaluates each aspect
according to a variety of criteria:
understanding of eco-ethics
environmental and health effects
economic impacts
liabilities

After establishing a complete list of significant

aspects, the organization sets environmental goals
and develops a plan to achieve those goals.
 Cont….
2. Do
The ‘do-phase’ of the model involves implementation of the
environmental plan through employee training and establishment of
operation controls.

3. Check
Evaluates progress toward meeting program goals through ongoing
monitoring and measuring and periodic EMS audits.

4. Act
Involves taking corrective action to update and improve the
environmental plan. For example, if an organization makes
significant progress on one environmental aspect, another
environmental aspect will replace it on the priority list.
Hilton hotel corporation focuses on
the environment
HHC provide guidelines for housekeeping dept.
where the goals are to “reduce-reuse-recycle”
Water conservation:every hotel within the family of
hotels take part in “Green Program-conserve to
preserve" this enables the guest to decide when
the room attendant will change the used linens.
While check-in to the hotel, usually a information
card is placed on the side of the bed-side table &
on towel racks along the clean linens which a
guest wants can either re-use or change on daily
basis.
Like this we save over 12 gallons of fresh water a
month while also using waste water & the use of
chemicals & energy resources.
Linens & other textiles: condemned bed-linen, towels &
curtains should be re-used for making dusters, iron-board
covers, pillow-slips etc.
Segregation of garbage: segregation of wet & dry garbage
should be adopted for re-cycling, reusing & recovering
waste. Provide different recycle bins for dry garbage like
paper, napkins etc, wet garbage like
oasis,flowers,cottons,tissue papers, Crockery & cutlery,
Food,Newspaper & Plastics.
Left over food can be recycled in a composite bin to produce
manure or in a biogas plant to obtain biogas as fuel.
Sewage: a sewage treatment plant is an effective way of
recycling water generated in the hotel thus produced may be
used in gardening & for flushing toilets.
What as an employee can we do?

Switch off lights & fans that are not in use.

Report any leaky faucets or pipes.
Draw the draperies to use daylight.
Usage of cold water detergents reduces the
need of hot water.
Biodegradable detergents should be used.
Use non-toxic cleaners, sanitizers, paints &
pesticides all throughout the hotel.
Guest left over amenities should be used in
public & staff washrooms.
Water from laundry can also be used as treated
water.
Replace paper hand towels with air dryer in public
restrooms.
Provide soap & other amenities in dispensers
rather than as individually wrapped items.
Eliminate the need of plastics & its water bottles by
using reusable glass bottles.
Unwanted linen, toiletries, uniforms, crockery,
carpets & blankets can be donated to charitable
organizations.
Unused toilet tissue from rolls to small by
unwinding together to use in guest room.
 What more?
Hilton continues to implement programs to provide the latest
in laundering equipment that utilize the greatest water
reduction technologies.
HHC has also installed restricted flow showers as well as
automated faucets & toilets located within washrooms
dedicated to public areas.
Each & every hotels are now virtually 100% LED which is
environmentally friendly.
We are now using R-134A refrigerant in large chillers which
is an HFC refrigerant rather than a CFC which contains
chlorine & will be phased out over time.
Team members are encouraged to participate in various out
reach projects, such as planting trees & undertaking certain
activities that help to restore our natural resources.
Doubletree hotels have an exclusive sponsorship
of a three-year, nationwide environmental
education project with the importance of nature &
respect for one of the earth’s most vital resources
through the Exploring trees.
Hilton Garden Inn, the award winning mid-priced
hotel announced the introduction of the
ecotainer,an environmentally friendly coffee cup in
more than 340 locations across North America.
The cup is the only all-natural hot beverage paper
cup available that is coated with a com-based
plastic that requires less energy & generates less
greenhouse gas during manufacturing.
The Hilton Walt Disney World resort uses
appliances to conserve energy & has implemented
paper, cardboard, aluminum & steel can,
magazine, kitchen grease, fluorescent lamp to
reduce waste. In addition, the property installed
low flow toilets, faucets & showerheads as well as
charcoal air filters.
The Conrad & Doubletree use PURE air
purification systems, mattresses & pillow covers
that protect from dust & bacteria, specially treated
carpet & upholstery & a filtered shower system.
Solar water heating is done at Pointe Hilton Resort
Tapatio Cliffs.
HHC headquarters uses all recycled
glass, plastic, paper & aluminum in
Beverly Hills.
The centre has retrofitted with more
energy efficient overhead lighting & is
installing sensors in the copy rooms,
conference rooms, selected offices &
restrooms so that the lights will go off
when these rooms are not in use.