the challenge making a eco hostel in chile!

The Making OF ETNICO Hostel Environmentally Friendly

Recicling

Over 70% of our communal garbage is recyclable. Encouraging your guests using selective eco-friendly bins

You can separate the following garbage very easily:

* Paper: Organic material but recycling paper saves forests.

* Plastic:This is the biggest amount of garbage as the most used packing/storing material. If dumped, it takes over 100,000 years to dissolve. Easily recyclable.

* Glass: Same as plastic, easily recyclable but takes long time to dissolve.

* Organic: If possible to process it by yourself, composted organic garbage could be a perfect costless fertilizer.

* aluminium cans: easy to recycle. people can sell them.

* Toxic waste: Batteries, medicines, electronics, other dangerous materials which could poison the nature if dumped.

* Uncategorized

This is the real garbage, which is none of above. Usually too complicated to select as it contains plenty different materials. This is the least of your communal garbage.

Public Transportation

* encouraging and facilitating the use of public transportation.

Paper Usage

* reduce printouts from the computer. Use of digital records instead of paper prints

* use scrap paper when possible by reusing paper before throwing it away

Reduction of Chemical Usage

* we are trying to use non-toxic cleaning chemicals. its very hard, so we are trying to use less by having dispensators

* bug prevention instead of pest control (e.g., no food scraps in the rooms to attract cockroaches)

* consider putting dish soap in a spray bottle to reduce soap usage.

Electricity Conservation

Electricity saving lightbulbs

Motion sensors to turn off lights when guests are not around

Signs for people to turn off lights when they are not in the room

Alternative Energy

Solar Power

* solar lights in the garden

* solar lights in the pool

Food & Water Consumption

* The forwarding of all unused food to staff.

* encouraging guests to fill their water bottles at the tap instead of buying a lot of plastic water bottles (which are often just tap water)

 

 

We are committed to developing a business with strong environmental ethics. We make efforts to reduce the use of resources and to help people to understand the fragile balance of our surroundings by spending time in nature.