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Waste separation at source and recycling potential of the hotel industry in Hoi An city, Vietnam

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This study focuses on assessing the practice of waste separation at source and evaluating the recycling potential of the hotel industry in Hoi An City (HAC), which is a famous tourism city in the centre of Vietnam. Five recycling scenarios were designed based on the status and intention of waste management practices of the hotels and the hierarchical structure of recycling, which was identified by the analytic hierarchy process method. This study revealed that the solid waste management (SWM) system of the hotel industry in HAC has a high potential for developing recycling practices. The high percentage of recyclable materials (84.3%), the achievements of waste separation practices, and the intentions of SWM of the hoteliers are favourable conditions for enhancing recycling practices. Furthermore, this study indicated that recycling could reduce 30–70% of total hotel waste, lead to beneficial changes in waste characterisation for incineration and composting processes, and bring economic profits to the hotels. In addition, recycling strategies with the synchronous combination of improvement of waste separation at source, waste regulation promulgation, and enhancement of waste management motivation for the hotels were discussed.

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The authors are grateful to the People’s Committee of Hoi An City for their support. The authors are also indebted to Okayama University for their financial assistance.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science, Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima, Kita, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan

    Song Toan Pham Phu, Takeshi Fujiwara & Van Dinh Pham

  2. Department of Environmental Technology and Management, National University of Civil Engineering, 55 Giai Phong Road, Hai Ba Trung, Ha Noi, Vietnam

    Minh Giang Hoang

  3. University of Technology and Education, The University of Danang, 48 Cao Thang, Da Nang, Vietnam

    Song Toan Pham Phu & Minh Thao Tran

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Pham Phu, S., Fujiwara, T., Hoang, M.G. et al. Waste separation at source and recycling potential of the hotel industry in Hoi An city, Vietnam. J Mater Cycles Waste Manag 21, 23–34 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-018-0807-5

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