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Bottles:
New designs have been submitted to expand tap rooms and tap lines for
the increase in draught selections for beer and sodas to eliminate thousands
of pounds of bottled glass from entering the waste cycle.
Paper Products:
To eliminate paper products from the waste stream Glacier Park Inc. has gone
as far as supplying each and every employee with their own personal lidded
drinking cups. The future also calls for streamlining “to-go items” into one
size packaging made from green products. All order guides will not allow any
more paper products to be ordered. Employee dining areas will no longer be
supplied with paper products; napkins excluded.
Grease:
Studies have begun on the feasibility of grease recycling, from on-site
recyclers for the usage of the by products such as Bio-diesel and Glycerin.
Compost:
Compost plans center around supporting the construction of regional compost
facilities, or initiating the use of a remote composting degradable waste
reduction system. GPI will pursue the concepts of using Earth Tubs, mulching
units in our kitchen disposers or “ecologically intelligent” materials, GPI
is on the lookout to identify the best viable resource to eliminate and/or
degrade waste.
Rooms Division
Reduce waste by supplying all
properties with Canvas linen bags to be used for laundry delivery. This will
eliminate the use of plastic and reduce the companies waste production.
Proliferate paper recycling
throughout the housekeeping and laundry departments.
Purchase waste reducing in room
amenities. Use amenity packets that reduce waste and use recycled paper
packaging.
Retail Division
Continue to purchase more
clothing from recycled cotton and organically-grown
Purchase wine and additional
food items that meet the organically grown standards.
Research the use of gift bags
made from recycled paper
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