JIANGSU GET RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY CO,.LTD.

In the context of green environmental protection leading to a new growth in accommodation consumption, and under the realistic situation that plastic pollution is increasingly affecting the health and quality of our lives, the "green demolition action" of the hotel industry is imminent.

With the increasing environmental awareness of the hotel industry, many hotels have begun to participate in the national initiative to eliminate the "six small pieces" (toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, shower gel and comb).

Earlier, Marriott Group, which has its own hotels in 132 countries and regions around the world, said: It is necessary to eliminate disposable plastic bottles and reduce the negative environmental impact of hotels.

The Melia Hotel Group from Spain has further strengthened its 360-degree environmental protection strategy. All hotels under the group have implemented plans to abandon disposable plastic products from this year.

In China, the hotel chain giant, BTG Home Inns, launched a "demolition operation" in nearly one thousand hotels nationwide, replacing bottled water supply with direct drinking water.

According to relevant statistics from the OECD, global plastic bottle consumption reached 480 billion in 2016, of which the hotel industry contributed a stable number. And now that number is growing.

At present, there are more than 300,000 conservative estimates in the Chinese hotel industry. With 100 rooms in each hotel, the occupancy rate is 70%, and 2 bottles of plastic bottled water per room per day are calculated, the number of plastic bottles produced and discarded by the hotel can reach more than 15 billion a year. If these plastic bottles are connected, five trips can be made between the earth and the moon.

The huge amount of plastic bottles used in the hotel represents a huge cost, manpower waste and management difficulty. In terms of the environment, it is even more polluting and damaging.

With "green environmental protection" and "sustainable development" becoming the new direction for the development of the hotel industry, the "demolition action" of the hotel industry has become more urgent and necessary, not just gimmicks that have remained verbal.

The most obvious effect of the "demolition action" on the hotel industry is the reduction in operating costs.

Take a medium-sized hotel as an example. If each room saves 2 bottles of water per day, the annual water cost savings can reach nearly 100,000 yuan. And greater savings are reflected in the labor costs, management waste, etc. of these bottled water for storage, handling, placement and management, these indirect costs can reach hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The "de-moulding action" has a deeper meaning in the hotel industry, and it has promoted the healthy and harmonious development of the entire hotel industry.

As a result of the "Demolition Action", the overall service quality and profitability of the hotel have been greatly improved, thereby further increasing the brand influence and competitiveness and better conforming to the national green hotel standards.

Modern hotel industry's "demolition action" is not only a response to social environmental protection requirements, it is also to meet the modern people's strong demand for hotel consumption upgrades, and the hotel focuses on the details, truly from the safe and healthy Air, sleep "and other perspectives enhance their strong manifestations of" soft power ".

Although this event is lively and lively, if it is to be universal, it is very difficult.

First of all, the bottled drinking water of the hotel will generate a large number of plastic bottles, which will become more and more popular in the future.

Taking Beijing as an example, a new garbage classification method will be implemented on May 1, 2020. It is believed that as long as people develop a good garbage sorting habit, plastic bottles can be brought into the closed loop of the plastic circular economy, and there is no need to worry about plastic bottles will damage the environment.

Secondly, "de-plasticization" has increased the hotel's operating costs. Although it can reduce the purchase cost of drinking water, it will also really increase the hotel's power consumption and direct drinking water machine maintenance costs. In addition, in domestic hotels, there will be a kettle in every room, and the function of a direct drinking machine is similar to that of a kettle, but the price is much higher than that of a kettle.

In the end, although the activity of "de-plasticization" can be implemented in individual hotels, it is difficult to promote and popularize it on a large scale.