Sustainability Simplified: Your Guide to Eco-Friendly Hotel Supplies

Hotels necessarily use vast quantities of electricity and water on a daily basis in order to deliver a high-quality service to their guests. Towels and linen must be washed and dried, ready for a quick turnaround, rooms must be meticulously cleaned and vacuumed daily, fridges and televisions remain on permanent standby, and guests must never be penalised for their electricity or water usage.

Hotels and spas must maintain stringent hygiene standards, maintain pools and Jacuzzis at acceptable temperatures and immediately repair or replace any defective equipment or facilities. 

To this end, striking a balance between delivering an immersive hotel experience and achieving sustainability aims can be a challenge for many businesses in the hospitality industry, but with a little careful planning and the use of eco-friendly products, your hotel's environmental impact can be reduced to more acceptable levels. 

Installing solar panels can reduce your hotel's reliance on the national grid by generating some of the electricity it needs using a renewable energy source. Other ways in which you can save energy include insulating pipes and preventing draughts around windows and doors so that guests are not tempted to run air conditioning or heating systems unnecessarily. Low-flow taps and shower heads can make a huge difference to the amount of water that your guests use and movement activated LED lights can prevent lights in communal areas being accidentally left on when not needed.

Shop eco friendly hotel slippers ideally suited to hotels with swimming pools, spas or other leisure facilities, allowing guests to traverse communal areas in comfort while simultaneously increasing hygiene in these areas. 

Our ranges of eco friendly hotel toiletries include soaps, shower gels, shampoos, conditioners and body lotions, all of which are supplied in single-use, plastic-free, recyclable packaging. 

Our environmentally friendly hotel amenities and amenity kits are all packaged in stone paper which is tree free and printed with soy ink. From shower caps and shaving kits to dental kits and combs, products are made from straw, cornstarch, and other biodegradable materials. 

Bamboo paper products are rapidly gaining in popularity due to bamboo's unique characteristics which mean that it's not only softer and stronger than wood-based paper, its use reduces deforestation, and it is a naturally biodegradable product. Bamboo tissue and toilet paper is organic, hypoallergenic, and a great choice for ethically minded hospitality businesses. Shop either the wrapped and unwrapped, along with bulk bamboo tissues.

Fairtrade food and drink products are sourced via an arrangement that pays higher prices to producers in developing countries who have actively invested in sustainable harvesting methods, paying their employees a living wage and satisfying rigorous environmental standards. Purchasing Fairtrade food and drink products to supply to your guests showcases your ethical standards and increases guest satisfaction. At Mellcrest, we stock everything from Fairtrade coffee and sugar sticks to hot chocolate, giving you plenty of options to choose from.

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