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Tivoli Hotels & Resorts is the first Portuguese hotel chain to obtain the 100R® – 100% Guaranteed Recycling certification, an environmental certification, which is renewed every year and ensures that the company correctly separates 100% of its waste for recycling.
The 100R® – 100% Guaranteed Recycling certification is managed in Portugal by a company called Ponto Verde (“Green Point”), which is responsible for the management of waste packaging.
The Tivoli Lisboa, Tivoli Marina Vilamoura, Tivoli Lagos and Tivoli Carvoeiro are the Tivoli Hotels & Resorts which have so far been certified by Ponto Verde.
In these four hotels, Ponto Verde assessed the daily production of waste and classified it as General Waste, Paper\Cardboard, Plastic\Metal and Glass with a view to confirming the correct separation of all waste produced. Each hotel was set a goal to reduce the amount of incorrectly separated general waste to enable a greater amount to be recovered for recycling.
Based on the figures identified, the following objectives were set:
- At the Tivoli Lisboa, to reduce the amount of general waste by 15% after one year.
- At the 3 hotels in the Algarve the figure for general waste was not particularly high, so the aim is to reduce by 3% after one year, as part of ongoing improvement.
Also planned for all of the hotels are awareness and training programmes for staff to assist them in the recovery of more materials for recycling.
In 2011, certification will also start for the Tivoli Victoria, The Residences at Victoria Clube de Golf and Tivoli Jardim.
Launched in 2008 by Ponto Verde, the organization responsible for the management of waste packaging in Portugal, the 100R® certificate aims to certify events, performances or commercial undertakings with the "ponto verde guarantee" where the waste packaging which is created is correctly dealt with for recycling.
