How to fix hotels’ biggest sustainability blind spot: Waste
By Greg Proirier | November 20, 2025
Excerpt: “Unlike energy and water, which benefit from smart meters, utility portals, and early stage standardized ESG reporting, hotel waste management is fragmented and poorly tracked. Trash leaves the loading dock and, for most properties, disappears into a black hole of inconsistent data, unreliable hauler reports, and mounting climate liabilities.
At Audubon International, our Green Hospitality Certification programs use up-to-date scientific standards for evaluating the efforts of operators for hotels and resorts. These primary areas of focus therefore include communication, community, energy, water, waste, chemicals, and indoor air quality.”