|
|
 |
The Implementation and Demonstration of Clean Production for Hotels in Hua Hin, Thailand
Description
The Training and Technology Transfer Program (TTTP) of the Canadian Universities
Consortium Urban Environmental Management Project at AIT is working on a "Clean
Production (CP) for Hotels" project in the resort area of Hua Hin, Thailand.
 There is increasing
concern about the impact of hotels on local communities and environments. In large part,
the degradation of these destinations is a consequence of inadequate or inappropriate
environmental management practices. With organic wastes accounting for over half of a
typical hotel's solid waste composition, this project focuses on converting the organic
waste stream into a valuable resource, i.e., compost used for soil amendment. Reducing the
waste streams of hotels through clean production practices, such as composting, helps
close the loop between resource consumption and waste production.
The TTTP, in partnership with the Thailand Environment Institute, is carrying out
environmental audits in five hotels in the resort area of Hua Hin. The completed audits
and interpretation of results will be shared with participating hotels, adding to the
hotel operators' understanding of the CP process. This emphasis on information sharing and
participation in the CP process is based on the rationale that knowledgeable hotel
managers and staff are essential to program sustainability and, indeed, the initiation of
further improvements to their hotel's waste management system. On-site demonstrations and
training sessions are led by Canadian experts in composting and environmental management,
and based on a successful program currently underway in Bali, Indonesia under the
direction of Murray Haight and the Indonesian NGO, WISNU.
Demonstration and training is accompanied by on-going program supervision and
monitoring. The TTTP demonstration in Hua Hin will provide examples and lessons learned
for other hotels in Thailand and the Southeast Asian region, and will serve as a basis for
further improvements in participating hotels' waste management and Clean Production
techniques and processes.
 The project will be
completed by November 2000 with the results of the work to be disseminated through
publications and video (CUC UEM Outreach Series) and at the Conference: "Sustainable
Urban Tourism Destination Management: From Rhetoric to Sustainable Urban Environmental
Management Practices," to be held at AIT, 27 – 29 November 2000.
Activities
- Production of situational analysis
- Production of Cleaner Production manual
- Production of composting techniques manual
- Hotel environmental audits/ Cleaner Production assessments
- Environmental Management Systems (EMS) training
- Composting training
- Cleaner Production awareness and implementation training
- Contribution to the Cleaner Production stream of the Conference: "Sustainable Urban
Tourism Destination Management: From Rhetoric to Sustainable Urban Environmental
Management Practices," 27-29 November 2000
Partners
- Thailand Environment Institute
- Tourism Authority of Thailand
- Melia Hua-Hin Hotel
- Royal Garden Village Hotel
- The Regent Cha-Am Beach Resort
- The Cha-Am Methavalai Hotel
- Long Beach Cha-Am Hotel
Publications
"CUC-AIT UEM TTTP: Environmental Management in the Thai Hotel Industry."
Mandar Parasnis. November 1998.
Contact Information
Murray Haight (Project Leader), mehaight@fes.uwaterloo.ca
Project Information
Walter Jamieson, cucuem@ait.ac.th
© 1999, Canadian Universities Consortium
|
 |
