Steamboat Ski Resort Receives Honors for Zero Waste Initiative.

The Steamboat Ski Resort has received the CLIF BAR Silver Eagle Award for Waste Reduction and Recycling, announced during the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) Convention this week.

The Ski Resort’s newly established Zero Waste Initiative promotes composting and recycling at all the Resort’s dining establishments. The initiative was started in 2009 with the goal of composting all organic material and the mountain restaurants use reusable products like silverware and non-disposable plates.

The Ski Resort has teamed up with the local landfill to create the pilot composting system for all of Routt County and works with local community organizations to help them integrate similar zero waste programs. See what ResortQuest Steamboat does to be Green.

"The success of our Zero Waste Initiative would not be possible without the efforts of our staff, which accepted this new program with open arms and continue to help educate our guests,” said Chris Diamond president and chief operating officer for Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation.

What to do: Compost, Recycle, or Landfill?
When on your next ski vacation at the Steamboat Ski Resort, after you have had an awesome burger or BBQ sandwich, and you are going to throw away your remaining scraps and plates, you will see three different types of trash bins: Compost, Recycle and Trash.

• Compost is for all items that can biodegrade in a compost system so all food scraps, paper plates, corn based compostable cups (these are different than reg. plastic cups) and utensils, paper napkins, etc.
• Recycling: Steamboat’s Recycling accepts plastics #1-7, cardboard, soda cans, glass etc.
• Trash: Trash is for all the others…candy bar wrappers, heat packs & wrappers, sunscreen tubes, etc.
  

If you are unsure about what can be recycled just ask a restaurant employee. They are trained and will be able to direct you to the right receptacle!
To learn more about what can be composted look at Boulder's Eco-Cycle’s guide to Composting.

ResortQuest Steamboat has also taken large steps to become more environmentally friendly. We are a Gold Member in the Sustainable Steamboat Program hosted by the Steamboat Chamber. See what we do to our properties to help ensure we are doing our part to protect the environment!

Earth Hour Sat March 27th at 8:30pm. How will you participate?

Earth Hour is here again and we are ready to show our support by turning off as many lights and work stations in the ResortQuest properties on Saturday night at 8:30 pm. We will be asking all of our guests to participate as well and turn off any unnecessary lights in their condo or townhome they are staying in!

Earth Hour has recruited millions of people around the world along with 4000 cities in 88 countries who have officially switched off the power, to pledge their support for the planet, making Earth Hour 2009 the world’s largest global climate change initiative.

This 2010 effort is a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community throughout the world. It is a call to stand up, to take responsibility, to get involved and lead the way towards a sustainable future. People across the world from all walks of life will turn off their lights and join together in celebration and contemplation of the one thing we all have in common – our planet. Earth Hour is to show the world that there can be a solution to the threat of global warming and it is possible through collective action.


Need some reminders of why we need to protect our one and only planet… see the videos below.




Remember that you can continue this energy saving practice on a daily basis, it is not only saving precious energy, lowering your energy footprint but you will also save money and quite a bit of it.
They say that for every household who unplugs appliances like the toaster or hairdryers on a daily basis and turns off lights or the tv when they leave a room, they can save lots of money.

Be part of the effort! Go to Earth Hour and sign up yourself or sign up your business. The best way to help the effort is to spread the word!

Here is an awesome link to a power calculator so you can see what kind of power you are using and how clean it is. Do your part to help change the planet's energy use and our ideas about it.