Trash Cans in Hotel Rooms
Jul. 22nd, 2018 12:09 pmThis may become link fu:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/are-trash-cans-disappearing-from-hotel-rooms/2018/07/19/fd76affc-8547-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.html?utm_term=.6531023c80c4
I _swear_ I wasn't looking for this. It found me.
The author asserts -- and makes a bunch of calls that generate a whole lot of denial -- that trash cans are disappearing from hotel rooms. My sister and I noticed the recycling / trash tower in Canyon Lodge in Yellowstone. We've also taken to reading detailed signs -- such as at Signal Mountain Lodge -- about what can go into the recycling vs. the trash can provided. Because we often stay in suites with cooking facilities (Signal Mountain Lodge most recently, more typically Residence Inn, Homewood Suites, DVC, etc.), we are often confronted with such a sign and two receptacles in the kitchen. Since we are staying in different states, the rules for what can and cannot go into the mixed-stream recycling have to be learned anew each time.
I don't mind -- I have the spare capacity, I can always punt and just put it in the trash and let someone else figure it out, and I'm disinclined to get particularly worked up about this sort of thing. I'm more curious than resentful.
However, the cognitive load associated with this is non-trivial. My sister has observed that if you make these things confusing enough, it will make people more resentful and likely to resist future efforts at "going green".
But this article identifies the time saved cleaning the room as potentially a big deal, so it fits in well with what I was already thinking about.
It's hard to imagine any hotel room intentionally not including a trash receptacle -- not even in the bathroom. But it easy to imagine that one might get so gross that it would be removed by housekeeping, and might not be immediately replaced. In theory, the room shouldn't be released to inventory without the receptacle, but mistakes can be made, which is what I assume happened in the King Leisure room. Either that, or the people running that Holiday Inn have lost their fucking minds. Anything is possible!
ETA:
Not about whether there are trash receptacles at all, but rather about to liner or not to liner. Answer: not. Saves time to NOT liner, apparently. I'm not surprised. I hate fucking around with liners. We do line some of our receptacles (the kitchen, obviously -- and that's covered in wet vs. dry discussion), but most of the time we do not change the liner. Only if it has Hit That Point. Which it almost does. Which probably means we don't really need the liner.
I was feeling like I've been here before, _and I have_.
http://www.seanet.com/~rla/declutter/declutter.html
"The liner for the waste basket is a great example. As long as disposable plastic shopping bags are overwhelming the house, it makes sense to save the trouble of washing the trash can by lining it with one of these ubiquitous bags. But it does not make so much sense to buy bags for this purpose, if we remember to have easily washable trash cans in places that attract messy trash (the bathroom and kitchen) and safe the less readily cleaned, more aesthetically appealing trash cans elsewhere (wicker in the home office). There are a lot of things that we do because they are easy to do. If through our choice or others, our environment makes that thing more expensive or more difficult, it makes sense to stop and think for a few moments about whether there is another, cheaper and/or easier solution in the new environment." (The larger context is about life cycle of "single use" vs. "reusable" items, and how that dichotomy should instead be thought of as a spectrum.)
Anyway. Here's the link:
https://www.greenlodgingnews.com/should-we-reconsider-guestroom-trash-liners/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/are-trash-cans-disappearing-from-hotel-rooms/2018/07/19/fd76affc-8547-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.html?utm_term=.6531023c80c4
I _swear_ I wasn't looking for this. It found me.
The author asserts -- and makes a bunch of calls that generate a whole lot of denial -- that trash cans are disappearing from hotel rooms. My sister and I noticed the recycling / trash tower in Canyon Lodge in Yellowstone. We've also taken to reading detailed signs -- such as at Signal Mountain Lodge -- about what can go into the recycling vs. the trash can provided. Because we often stay in suites with cooking facilities (Signal Mountain Lodge most recently, more typically Residence Inn, Homewood Suites, DVC, etc.), we are often confronted with such a sign and two receptacles in the kitchen. Since we are staying in different states, the rules for what can and cannot go into the mixed-stream recycling have to be learned anew each time.
I don't mind -- I have the spare capacity, I can always punt and just put it in the trash and let someone else figure it out, and I'm disinclined to get particularly worked up about this sort of thing. I'm more curious than resentful.
However, the cognitive load associated with this is non-trivial. My sister has observed that if you make these things confusing enough, it will make people more resentful and likely to resist future efforts at "going green".
But this article identifies the time saved cleaning the room as potentially a big deal, so it fits in well with what I was already thinking about.
It's hard to imagine any hotel room intentionally not including a trash receptacle -- not even in the bathroom. But it easy to imagine that one might get so gross that it would be removed by housekeeping, and might not be immediately replaced. In theory, the room shouldn't be released to inventory without the receptacle, but mistakes can be made, which is what I assume happened in the King Leisure room. Either that, or the people running that Holiday Inn have lost their fucking minds. Anything is possible!
ETA:
Not about whether there are trash receptacles at all, but rather about to liner or not to liner. Answer: not. Saves time to NOT liner, apparently. I'm not surprised. I hate fucking around with liners. We do line some of our receptacles (the kitchen, obviously -- and that's covered in wet vs. dry discussion), but most of the time we do not change the liner. Only if it has Hit That Point. Which it almost does. Which probably means we don't really need the liner.
I was feeling like I've been here before, _and I have_.
http://www.seanet.com/~rla/declutter/declutter.html
"The liner for the waste basket is a great example. As long as disposable plastic shopping bags are overwhelming the house, it makes sense to save the trouble of washing the trash can by lining it with one of these ubiquitous bags. But it does not make so much sense to buy bags for this purpose, if we remember to have easily washable trash cans in places that attract messy trash (the bathroom and kitchen) and safe the less readily cleaned, more aesthetically appealing trash cans elsewhere (wicker in the home office). There are a lot of things that we do because they are easy to do. If through our choice or others, our environment makes that thing more expensive or more difficult, it makes sense to stop and think for a few moments about whether there is another, cheaper and/or easier solution in the new environment." (The larger context is about life cycle of "single use" vs. "reusable" items, and how that dichotomy should instead be thought of as a spectrum.)
Anyway. Here's the link:
https://www.greenlodgingnews.com/should-we-reconsider-guestroom-trash-liners/