pollution
... final section suggests potential solutions to these problems. First, the problem for hotels not being environmentally friendly is the land pollution caused by the huge amount of rubbish discarded by hotels. According to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the total amount of waste produced by the hospitality industry each month is about 50,000kg. Main wastes produced by hotels are papers from offices; non-biodegradable soap used in guest rooms; plastic utensils such as take away boxes, plastic bags and glass bottles as well as food remains by the Food and Beverage (F&B) department, which compose of the largest amount of wastes produced among the various departments in hotels. The wastes are either incinerated or disposed of at land fills, bringing out the problem of air pollution caused by burning wastes as well as the huge amount of money that hotel has to pay for treating the rubbish produced, thus increases hotel expenses. Also, the increasing amount of waste generated causes the three strategic land fills in Hong Kong to be exhausted in year 2015 (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) if the amount of waste production is not reduced. To solve these problems, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1998) suggests that “[hotels can] choose suppliers who are knowledgeable and supportive of source reduction and have reviewed their own pract...