Environmental Sustainability Plan for Resort Hotels in CALABARZON, Philippines

The study aimed to describe the solid waste management practices of resort hotel in CALABARZON in terms of solid waste type, methods of disposal and disposal practices. To determine the management of sustainable resort-hotel in CALABARZON in terms of preservation, conservation, monitoring progress, rules and regulations, environmental knowledge and sanitation. To test if there is significant difference on the solid waste management practices of employees when grouped according to type, to test if there is a significant difference on the management of sustainable resort hotel between employees and guests. To test if there is significant relationship between solid waste management practices and managing sustainable resort-hotel based on the observation of employees. To develop a plan for a safe environmental and sustainable friendly resort-hotel in CALABARZON. The result showed that the employees’ assessment of solid waste management practices of resort-hotel in solid waste type has a composite mean of 3.38, methods of disposal has a composite mean of 3.16 and disposal practices has a composite mean of 3.65. The employees and guests strongly agreed that preservation and sanitation are
practices in managing sustainable resort-hotel and agreed in conservation, monitoring process, rules and regulations, and environmental knowledge. There is significant difference on the solid waste management practices of employees when grouped according to type and there is a significant difference on the
management of sustainable resort hotel between employees and guests. There is significant relationship between solid waste management practices and managing sustainable resort-hotel based on the observation of the employees.

Keywords: Resort hotel, solid waste management, sustainability.