Does the resort have a waste reduction policy?
The influx of winter guests to ski areas tends to bring an influx of, what’s politely termed ‘waste water’, to the mountains as thousands of guests use the toilets on the mountain and bathroom in their accommodation. The most environmentally forward thinking ski areas are using techniques such as composting to reduce waste from mountain restaurants. In some areas purified wastewater is also being used for snowmaking, on the one hand an eco friendly measure as it recycles, on the other it might be argued that if water is needed for snowmaking in an area of marginal precipitation, their shouldn’t be a ski area there.
