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Hotel waste
characterization and disposal in various hotels of Kurukshetra City, India
Dipti Grover, Himani, Bhawna Dahiya, Hardeep Rai Sharma*
Institute of Environmental
Studies, Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, PIN 136119, Haryana, India
*Email: hrai@kuk.ac.in
ORCID ID- Hardeep Rai Sharma http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5130-5205
Hotels;
Kurukshetra;
Solid Waste Management;
Disposal Site;
Sustainable practice
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Abstract
Hotels are one of the major sources of municipal
solid waste and food waste. Different practices regarding solid waste
management (SWM) were investigated in randomly selected 17 main hotels of
Kurukshetra city in Haryana, India.
Information on current waste disposal and management practices was
collected from concerned hotel staff using a semi-structured questionnaire.
The amount and composition of solid waste generated in the hotels were
assessed along with the conditions and practices at the main solid waste
disposal site of the city. About 80% of the collected hotel waste was
organic in nature including peels and spoilage. Other waste included
plastic bottles/polythene/plastic bags (11%), metal waste (1%), glass waste
(2%) and paper and cardboard waste (3.0%) and the rest waste (3%) included
textile material, rubber, cigarette butts, cellulose bags, and other waste.
On an average basis, the hotels in Kurukshetra city generated 30.44 kg of
solid waste/day. About 77% of the hotel managers were of the opinion that
more sustainable waste practices like recycling and composting should be
implemented in the city. For the disposal of waste, there was a common
dumping site of the city that was improperly managed. The site lacks proper
fencing and boundary due to which scavengers like dogs, pigs, crows, eagles
and rag pickers approached the disposal site freely causing the problem of
waste scattering. Greater attention needs to be focused towards devising an
appropriate and effective mechanism for waste treatment and disposal.
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