Intercontinental Doha introduces 'No Bin Day'

Intercontinental Doha The City recently reduced its food waste from the typical 10 kilogrammes per meal to 5 kilogrammes during it’s first ‘No Bin Day’.

A part of its Green Engage programme, the concept of No Bin Day was explained through signage and presentations in the staff restaurant, outlining statistics on food wastage around the world.

To encourage her colleagues to cut down food waste, HR manager and Green Engage HR officer Kathrina Nisnisan also provided an added incentive of a chocolate bar to every colleague who turned in an empty plate at the end of the meal.

Intercontinental Doha The City hotel nurse and No Bin Day champion Desiree Anne Tato said: “We did a lot of research about the problem of food wastage around the world and in learning that one-third of the world’s food production ends up in the trash, we knew we had to do something at our hotel to help change that.

"It’s a first step and we are thrilled with the support we received from our colleagues in this initiative.”

To sustain the activity and engage as many colleagues as possible, Intercontinental Doha The City plans to hold a No Bin Day regularly, each time facilitated by a different department.

Green Engage is IHG’s sustainability programme based on an online tool which measures the day-to-day environmental impact of participating IHG hotels.

The system monitors energy, water and waste usage of individual hotels while providing recommended actions to improve the property’s energy conservation and carbon footprint score.