Recycling

Recycling, originally a technical term of oil-refining and similar industries, has become a mainstream notion and concern among consumers since the 1960s. It is a key component of modern waste reduction and the third component in the waste management hierarchy: reduce, reuse, and recycle. Specifically, it is a process of transforming waste materials into new products and thereby avoiding the discard of potentially useful materials by replacing raw materials with those recovered, reducing energy and air pollution from incineration, and controlling water pollution from landfills. Therefore, recycling reduces the amount of disposed waste and lowers greenhouse gas emissions (Harris et al. 2002).

Corporations involved in the tourism industry have implemented recycling program and services at hotels, restaurants and bars, entertainment venues, conference centers, racetracks, recreationareas, parks, and community facilities. A key reason for implementing such programs at sites for tourism...