Rotana Corporate Sustainability Report 2012

43 The Beach Rotana Abu Dhabi, has implemented many initiatives in the hotel during 2012 resulting in: • Increase in recycled waste by 1.7 times from last year • 50% decrease in waste sent to landfill • 4% saving in water consumption • 7% saving in energy consumption • 35% saving in chilled water system • 4.3% saving in kitchen gas • 60% saving estimated in paper consumption Waste In 2012, across Rotana hotels, we have implemented a waste management programme to eliminate, minimise wastes at source as well as to reuse and to recycle it. 70% of our hotels started monitoring and reporting on general and recyclables waste production and segregation. Some of the achievements under this programme include the increase of recycled waste by more than 4 times, from 160 Tonnes in 2011 to 743 Tonnes in 2012. Rotana is dealing with qualified waste contractors in different countries to further expand recycling and reducing waste production by training our colleagues and making recycling more convenient and comprehensive for them. We estimate that 80% of our colleagues are trained on the waste management programme and measures to reduce the generation and enhance the recyclability and reusability of waste. We contract with several asset disposal companies to recycle our e-Waste as well, including computers, servers, printers, network equipments and associated components to divert it from landfill disposal. As for the food waste, a survey was done for two months in our hotels to analyse the quantity of food wasted per food cover produced. Based on the relatively high results, a reduction programme was launched for all Food & Beverage department colleagues to implement, including a reporting and monitoring system for the quantities of food waste per cover per hotel. Waste Unit 2011 2012* Total Weight of Non Hazardous Waste for Landfill Tonnes 9505 11054 Total Weight of Recycled Waste Tonnes 160 745 Total Weight of Recycled Cans Tonnes 4 26 Total Weight of Recycled Plastic Tonnes 4 88 Total Weight of Recycled Papers Tonnes 10 286 Total Weight of Recycled Cardboards Tonnes 66 368 Total Weight of Recycled Glass Tonnes 8 13 * 30 hotels have implemented the Waste Management Programme * The number of landfill waste increased owing to the opening of five new hotels and additional hotels started to report on waste generation