Our Commitment to The Environment
The Sandringham Hotel's way of reducing its carbon footprint and help the environment includes:
- Using low energy bulbs
- When applicable using even lower wattage LED bulbs
- Displaying signs to encourage guests to be environment friendly on the replacement of towels and the turning off of lights in rooms when not in use.
- Recycling of waste paper
- Installation of motion detectors in corridors
- Using limited use water taps in public areas
- Replacing all electrical equipment with high graded economy efficient ones where applicable
- Use of food bins for waste
- Recycling glass
- Lowering the temperature of the boiler by 1° C
- Encouraging suppliers to reduce the amount of packaging
- Recycling cardboard
- Sending waste oil to a specialist company for recycling
- Recycling toner cartridges
- Using local suppliers to keep our food miles to a minimum
- Training staff not to waste water and energy (i.e. by turning off non-essential equipment and lights when not in use)