laundry

Almost every large hotel has in-house laundry facility. Laundry contributes around 1 to 2 % to the total hotel (65% of average occupancy in a year) financial turnover.
Laundry operation – facts and figures

It consumes around 2 to 5 % of the total hotel electricity. Out of which, washing accounts approximately 35 % and drying & finishing accounts for 65%.
The Repair and Maintenance expenditure of laundry equipment’s is around 15 to 20 % of the total laundry earnings
The expenditure on chemical usage for laundry is around 15 to 30% of the total laundry earnings

Environmental Impacts

Laundry operation in a hotel consumes enormous amount of resource (both hot and cold water, electricity, steam, chemicals) there by generating a large amount of wastewater (having phosphates and detergents). Chemicals used for dry cleaning are hazardous in nature and require safety precautions for handling. Some of the adverse environmental impacts caused by the laundry operation are mentioned below

Significant Environmental Aspects and Impacts – Laundry Department

Various activities in Laundry operation	Aspects	Environmental Impact	Significant Aspect
Washing of Guest clothes using ionic and nonionic detergents, and liquid bleach & sour	Generation of wastewater and possibility of over use of chemicals	Water pollution	Possibility of excessive Phosphates in wastewater
Dry cleaning using per- chloroethylene or other dry cleaning solvents	Use of hazardous chemicals	Land pollution	Generation of Hazardous Waste
Packing items paper collar-band, shirt card, plastic bow, shirt band and butter paper	Generation of plastic waste and consumption of more packaging materials	Land pollution	Plastic waste
Use of plastic hangers for suits, trousers, lady suits.	Generation of plastic hangers	Land pollution	Plastic waste