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Chateau Lacombe Environmental Practices
4 Green Keys Rating
Property recycling program for guests: Blue bins, as well as internal recycling system for bottles, paper,
cardboard.
Active Environmental Committee
Purchasing recycled paper products
Recycle toners and cartridges/batteries.
Discarded grease from kitchen is recycled.
Use local suppliers for food items for our menus in restaurants and Banquets.
Water conservation through the towel program (option for guests to reuse towels, bedding)
Water conserving high efficiency shower heads.
All of our cleaning products are now organic (Avmor).
We use pourers for cream and portions of butter (rather than individually packaged) in our banquet facilities.
As well as water in jugs opposed to bottles.
Our banquet facilities use reusable items such as cloth, glass, ceramic etc. rather than disposable items such
as paper and plastic.
Blue bins provided at all meetings and conferences and guest rooms.
Computers on network that enable employees to share information.
Member of eCycle Solutions Inc.; Electronic recycling program
Vegetarian options on all menus.
Natural lighting in restaurant, lounge, 2 meeting rooms.
Composting started in February 2009.
All our guestrooms now feature compact fluorescent bulbs.
Sugar based to go packaging.
We partner with the Friendship Centre and supply food/amenities
to those in need. We supply food for
approximately 2400 people a year.
Take part in a various number of community affairs; Breast Cancer Awareness, Women’s Emergency Shelter
etc. Capital City Cleanup.
Mattresses supplied by Simmons who has a zero waste policy and participates in national recycling programs
for fabric, wood, foam and steel.
Use Vinegar instead of chemicals to clean work stations.
Solar film on windows. That decreases the amount energy use to heat and cool our promenade.
Guest Towels and Bath tissue made from recycled materials.
Hotel uses Mother Earth Essentials for our hotel amenities. This is a local and Environmentally Friendly
company and their line is packaged in Canadian-made state-of-the-art recyclable (non-virgin) plastics that
biodegrade in 2 years as opposed to traditional plastics that take 1000 years to return to the earth.
Staff member makes bars of soap from our recycling program of used guest room soaps which we donate to
a senior society. They also pick up all of our used shampoos, lotions etc. from our guest rooms.
Lost and Found and all discard linens are donated to the Bissel Center.
Certified organic fair trade coffee
Scored the highest for our Green initiatives by the ICLEI World Congress who visited Edmonton in June 2009.
ICLEI is made up of Local Governments; it is a global network of 1100 cities working on sustainable
development.