Pollution
Prevention for Hotel and Conference Management
Travel and tourism is a rapidly growing industry in Ohio and nationally. Waste reduction in hotel and conference management affords opportunities for businesses to cut costs and increase efficiency, while helping to protect the environment on which much of the tourism trade is based. The following resources are intended to assist businesses and other organizations in learning more about these opportunities:
Pollution Prevention information available on the world wide web:
- "Green
Meetings" - EPP Program's one-stop shop for Green meetings
information (USEPA)
- "Planning Environmentally Aware Events" - a pollution prevention checklist for
conference planners (USEPA)
- "Greening
Your Meetings and Conferences" - an Environmentally Preferable
Purchasing Guide (USEPA)
- CERES: Green
Hotels Initiative - a comprehensive partnership to make the hotel
industry more sustainable (CERES)
- Pollution
Prevention in the Hospitality Sector - a sector based guide to P2 in the
hospitality industry (PPRC)
- Green Hotels in the
Green Mountain State - an excellent state program of hotels and B&Bs
in Vermont (Vermont)
Pollution Prevention On-site Assistance
- Free, non-regulatory on-site assistance is available from the Office of Pollution Prevention (OPP) to help facilities identify cost-effective opportunities to reduce wastes and pollution. If you are interested in on-site assistance from OPP, contact OPP by email or by phone at (614) 644-3469.
