SDG Investor Map - Seychelles 2023
Waste Circularity in Hotels
Business Model
• Invest in circular waste management or sustainable material
management (SMM) in hotels.
This includes utilizing waste as the production input for the
manufacturing of upcycled goods and commodities,
and reducing solid and liquid waste.
Development Need
The quantity of waste generated per hotel per tourist per
day (kg/person/day) may be as low as 0.56 kg for a small
establishment, and as high as 4.07 kg for a full-service
establishment.
Sustainable waste management practices are amongst the
criteria for the Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label (SSTL)
but received limited scrutiny by a small share of hotels and
establishments.
Emerging Potential
There were efforts to establish a system to recycle waste
oil from hotel kitchens, which would be converted into
biodiesel and used in hotel vehicles to further reduce
reliance on non-renewable energy.
However, the need for laboratories for checking quality of
the used oil accentuated the need for feasibility studies and
incentives.
Market Momentum
Waste circularity in hotels is a potential business model to
address one of the main development challenges arising
from the country's dependence on a tourism industry which
generates high volumes of waste.
With the integration of this business model, hotels will also
be aligned with global sustainability standards and have a
broader outreach to potential impact-oriented customers
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