Waste
Global waste production has increased by 50% in 20 years. Landfills and recycling centers are increasingly saturated. To reduce the impact of its activities, Accor gives priority to products that use less packaging and are less toxic for the environment at the end of their life cycle.
Only 10% of waste products are recycled in the world. The possibilities for progress are substantial. Accor is experimenting different processes in its facilities to recover more waste and increase the recycling segments.
Accor 2010 objectives
1 - 60% of owned hotels recycle paper, cardboard and glass
2008 yearend indicator: 62% of subsidiary hotels, a new goal has been set to 70%
2 - 95% of owned hotels process batteries and compact fluorescent light bulbs/tubes
2008 yearend indicator: 87% of subsidiary hotels
- Achievements
- Between 2006 and 2008, the ibis France hotels set up a program to reduce the volume of waste products not recycled by 10%.
- In the United States, all the Motel6 facilities have been recycling light bulbs and batteries since 2007.
- In France, the Pullman Paris Rive Gauche hotel has established a "performance agreement" on waste production with a service provider. The objective is to reduce the volume of waste and to innovate in selective sorting, while controlling waste management costs.
- In the Brazilian hotels and in several African countries, glass, plastic and metal packaging is considered to be a real secondary recoverable material. These containers are carefully sorted to be resold and reused.