Waste production patterns in hotels and restaurants: An intra-sectoral segmentation approach
Tourism produces >35 m tons of solid waste annually. For waste reduction efforts to be effective, empirical baseline measures of waste production and waste production patterns are needed. This study analyses the waste profiles of hotels and restaurants using national waste data. Results indicate...
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| description | Tourism produces >35 m tons of solid waste annually. For waste reduction efforts to be effective, empirical baseline measures of waste production and waste production patterns are needed. This study analyses the waste profiles of hotels and restaurants using national waste data. Results indicate that waste patterns in hotels and restaurants differ significantly from those of other industries and that – within the hotels and restaurants sector – substantial heterogeneity exists in terms of the types of waste generated. These insights highlight the need for targeted improvement approaches to waste management. Data presented in this study also serves as a baseline for benchmarking studies and helps inform the design of segment-specific practical measures to reduce waste generated in hotels and restaurants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b62a9514b2148ad887e8bbc0f63f0242023-06-21T07:01:10ZengElsevierAnnals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights2666-95792023-05-0141100090Waste production patterns in hotels and restaurants: An intra-sectoral segmentation approachEmil Juvan0Bettina Grün1Sara Dolnicar2Faculty of Tourism Studies – Turistica, University of Primorska, Obala 11a, SI-6320 Portorož, Slovenia; Corresponding author.Institute for Statistics and Mathematics, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Wien, AustriaUQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, AustraliaTourism produces >35 m tons of solid waste annually. For waste reduction efforts to be effective, empirical baseline measures of waste production and waste production patterns are needed. This study analyses the waste profiles of hotels and restaurants using national waste data. Results indicate that waste patterns in hotels and restaurants differ significantly from those of other industries and that – within the hotels and restaurants sector – substantial heterogeneity exists in terms of the types of waste generated. These insights highlight the need for targeted improvement approaches to waste management. Data presented in this study also serves as a baseline for benchmarking studies and helps inform the design of segment-specific practical measures to reduce waste generated in hotels and restaurants.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957923000058HotelsRestaurantsWaste, segmentation, sustainability |
| spellingShingle | Emil Juvan Bettina Grün Sara Dolnicar Waste production patterns in hotels and restaurants: An intra-sectoral segmentation approach Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights Hotels Restaurants Waste, segmentation, sustainability |
| title | Waste production patterns in hotels and restaurants: An intra-sectoral segmentation approach |
| title_full | Waste production patterns in hotels and restaurants: An intra-sectoral segmentation approach |
| title_fullStr | Waste production patterns in hotels and restaurants: An intra-sectoral segmentation approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Waste production patterns in hotels and restaurants: An intra-sectoral segmentation approach |
| title_short | Waste production patterns in hotels and restaurants: An intra-sectoral segmentation approach |
| title_sort | waste production patterns in hotels and restaurants an intra sectoral segmentation approach |
| topic | Hotels Restaurants Waste, segmentation, sustainability |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957923000058 |
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