Ritz-Carlton Chicago Implements New And Innovative Food Waste Solution

Ritz-Carlton Chicago. Courtesy Photo.

A travel study recently concluded 81% of travelers surveyed said they plan to choose a sustainable accommodation option in the coming year. A large segment of this includes business travelers and meeting/event groups that are required to meet and stay at hotels that are offering sustainable practices both back of house and as part of the guest-facing experience.

The Ritz-Carlton Chicago, which just unveiled a large renovation to its public spaces, convention space and guest rooms, is known for hosting meeting attendees from all over the world. The property has launched a new sustainability program for attendees, allowing them the option to take home small bags of the compost to use in their gardens – making it a unique amenity for groups and travelers. As corporations and associations prioritize sustainability practices at venues that they choose to gather within, hotels are leveling up how they make an effort to save the planet.

Today, the hotel announced the launch of a new Environmentally Responsible policy adding food waste as a target in addition to conserving energy and reducing water usage. This new and innovative program has been introduced to the luxury property as a way for meeting and event attendees to divert 100% of their food waste and repurpose food that otherwise wasted into a high-value, sustainable natural resource through an environmentally friendly, fully circular process.

The hotel’s management, Sage Hospitality partnered with BioGreen360, the leading innovator in distributing food waste management solutions, to roll out the first phase of the collaboration. Leveraging BioGreen360’s innovative integrated technology solution will include a waterless distribution digester, proprietary bio-catalysis; and a real-time data analytics package, offered through an “as a service” business model. Through the BioGreen360 platform, The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago will not only divert 100% of its food waste, but now will also repurpose food that otherwise would have been wasted into a high-value, sustainable natural resource through an environmentally friendly, fully circular process.

With food waste being a hot topic, I’d love to connect you with someone from The Ritz-Carlton Chicago team to speak more about this collaboration and how this will impact the future of hotel hospitality and what this will mean for Ritz Chicago hotel guests.

You can read more about the collaboration with BioGreen360 here.

For more information about the Ritz-Carlton Chicago, visit www.ritzcarlton.com/en/hotels/chirz-the-ritz-carlton-chicago/overview.