A collection of rustic hotels along Mexico's Mayan Riviera are
taking environmental matters into their own hands with recycling,
composting and educational initiatives.
EcoTulum Resorts & Spa, one of the original
ecologically-minded companies in Tulum, has launched a plastics
recycling program on its premises in cooperation with a Riviera
Maya company. All three of EcoTulum’s properties have strategically
placed recycling bins for plastic bottles that are transferred to
sacks provided and collected on a regular basis by ECOCE. The
company has also introduced a compost program to return organic
matter to the earth and nourish the gardens once material is broken
down.
EcoTulum is joining forces with 15 other area hotels and the
Mayan Riviera Hotel Association to implement a program designed to
reduce the impact of water, energy and solid waste on the
environment. Part of the initiative involves each hotel
establishing operating practices that conform to the model for
sustainable development. All will voluntarily submit their
consumptions of water, energy and diesel over the previous year to
the committee for analysis, working with onsite environmental
inspectors to ensure that hotel operations are at their
“greenest.”
“We're excited by the community-based initiative to develop
sound ecological practices that will preserve Tulum in the long
run,” explained Holly Worton, co-owner of EcoTulum. “The programs
are basic from a North American standpoint, but it's an important
sign that some hotels are taking matters into their own hands.”
www.ecotulum.com
877-532-6737
