Recycling and Waste Reduction

• Placed numerous recycling containers in easily-accessible places, such as the hotel lobby, for guests to properly dispose of their waste.
• Using recycled paper products with a minimum of 10% post-consumer waste for most print production.
• Identified printer cartridges as controllable elements, leading to recycling and purchasing practices that support socially responsible cartridges.
• Separate used cooking oils to be collected by manufacturers who reuse oils in new consumer products.
• Collect and store more than 1,000 gallons of motor oil each year from the vehicle maintenance area and use it to fuel heaters in the snowmaking maintenance area.
• Salvage construction materials and car parts for reuse or send off as scrap metal.
• Currently switching to 100% recycled toilet paper and 45% recycled material hand towels.

• Installed the SolarBee solar panel in Lake Tahoe, to help temper the water for more efficient snowmaking
• Replaced numerous lighting fixtures and more than 3,000 inefficient T12 fluorescent light bulbs in favor of T8 light bulbs.
• Converted 3,344 incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescent reducing the average wattage used form 75 to 25.
• Installed motion sensor light switches in meeting rooms and janitorial closets.
• Converted 300 exit signs from 40 watts to 1 watt bulbs.
• Added six inches of insulation to mountaintop maintenance buildings to prevent excessive heat loss.
• Replaced more than 418 hotel room patio doors with insulated versions and weather stripping.
• New insulated doors were installed throughout the Ski Lodge and the indoor pool area.
• Upgraded numerous boilers with newer high-efficiency boilers.

• To reduce the amount of water consumption, replaced 418 showerheads to low-flow models, reducing average flow from five gallons per minute to two and a half.
• Installed low-volume toilets in all hotel rooms.
• Encourage guests to use towel and washcloths more than once and giving them the option of having their sheets replaced after their stay is compete.
• Developed a potable water system to recycle water by treating and returning it to drainage areas to recharge the sources.

• Created a virtually closed loop water system for snowmaking.
  • Captured in a series of collector ponds at the base of the mountain, which are filled from rain, run-off and melting snow
• Installed energy-efficient, low-emission air compressors
• Developed snow guns to achieve the most efficient water to air ratio in the industry and significantly lower the need for compressed air.
• Identified areas to run low-energy, gravity-fed snow guns to make snow without operating pumps.

• Purchase and support post-consumer products
• Eliminated the use of Styrofoam products in favor of biodegradable products.
• Replacing disposable utensils, plates and cups with reusable china in the employee cafeteria.

• Implemented the use of saltwater solutions
• Ordered hand-dryers for public restrooms to be installed later this summer.