Delaware-based Dover Downs Hotel & Casino is in the process of
implementing an in-room recycling program, allowing guests to participate in
separating recyclables from regular landfill waste.
“Our goal is to reduce the amount of waste going to the landfill
and to increase sustainability for the environment,” said Ed Sutor, president
and CEO of Dover Downs. “We are in the process of converting receptacles in the
bedrooms/suites area to a container for recyclables only, and keeping the waste
receptacle in the bathroom for trash only. With the help of our green-conscious
guests, we hope to see a significant increase in our overall recycling
efforts.”
“We expect to dispose of at least one ton of recyclables per day
from the in-room recycling, which means one less ton in the landfills,” added
Rich Duncan, Director of Facilities for Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. “This
will save the company an additional $135 per day in tonnage costs and transfer
charges.”
The property disposed of more than four million pounds of waste in
2012, 50 percent of which were recycled. Figures for 2013 forecast recycling
efforts increasing this year to 60 percent or better. “We now recycle just
about everything we can, including scrap metal to light bulbs to garbage to
organic materials including wood chips and straw from the barns and even grass
clippings,” said Duncan. “We send five to six tons each week to the Peninsula
Compost Company, the organic recycling center in Wilmington. The organic waste
is turned into compost for gardens and landscapers.”
Per Delaware’s Universal Recycling Law, all commercial businesses
in Delaware will be required to participate in a comprehensive recycling
program no later than January 1, 2014. Dover Downs Hotel & Casino has been ahead
of this curve, having begun wide-ranging recycling efforts in 2007.
Dover Downs Hotel & Casino augments its recycling program
March 28, 2013
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