At the Hotel 121 Paris, we are aware that we must minimize our impact on the environment. We called on a specialized organization that made us aware of sustainable development and showed us the eco-friendly gestures to adopt to preserve our environment. We learned the following recommendations:

Kitchen/Storage

Waste:

• Print a minimum of documents and favor electronic communication with suppliers.

• Favor suppliers who take back certain packaging.

• Fold boxes to reduce clutter and waste volume.

• Reuse certain packaging for internal needs.

• Reduce the use of individually packaged products to produce less packaging waste.

• Favor the purchase of products in bulk packaging.

• Prefer reusable products over disposable ones.

Energy:

• Turn off the light when leaving the toilets, common areas, the storage room, and the reserves.

• Plan the defrosting of refrigerators and freezers.

• Group deliveries to limit the opening of cold rooms.

• Descale washing machines frequently.

• Set the washing water temperature to the necessary minimum.

Water:

• Respect product dosages.

• Run the machines only when they are fully loaded.

Breakfast Room Catering

Energy:

• Turn off lighting points that do not provide additional brightness to daylight.

• Turn off the light at the end of service.

• Gradually install energy-saving bulbs.

• Regularly dust the grids of refrigerators and other refrigeration equipment.

Water:

• Use the correct amount of cleaning and washing product (excess causes pollution).

• Clean outside without chemical products, the water ends up in nature.

• Check weekly for leaks in equipment.

• Run the dishwasher when the baskets are full.

• Avoid leaving taps running.

Accommodation/Reception

Waste:

• In collaboration with housekeepers, systematically recover hangers so they can be reused and not thrown away.

• In collaboration with housekeepers, recover cleaning product packaging.

• Recover newspapers provided to guests and direct them to the recycling system.

• Recover expired tourist and commercial brochures and direct them to the recycling system.

Energy:

• Turn off TV standby modes.

• If there are not too many bad odors, 5 to 10 minutes are enough to renew the air in a room.

• Close curtains to avoid overheating rooms.

• Configure computer energy-saving settings.

• Turn off signs and projectors as soon as there is enough light.

Water:

• Train housekeepers on the procedure for maintaining or changing towels.

• Train housekeepers to detect and report leaks.