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Top London hotel ups its rubbish act
Langham Hotel to double waste recycling in 2012
The Langham Hotel in central London is looking at increasing its recycling levels from 35% to 75% over the next 12 months making significant cost savings in the process.
The luxury five star hotel is working with SWR (the waste management company) to manage all hotel waste. This will increase levels of source-segregation with the installation of new bins, a cardboard baler, a bin press as well as a glass crushing machine.
The hotel’s environmental champion Kobus Maree said: "Dealing with the waste from daily operations can be a real challenge for a busy central London hotel like The Langham. "CSR and sustainable business development are an important part of our ethos and wherever possible we try to eliminate waste at source to minimise disruptions, noise and our overall impact on the environment."
The handling of hundreds of empty glass bottles a day can be hazardous for both hotel and restaurant staff so SWR will employ a special glass compactor to separate out the glass containers safely and quickly at source.
SWR will also produce quarterly reports on The Langham’s environmental performance to demonstrate operational efficiencies and improved recycling performance to staff, patrons other stakeholders and the general public.
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