Hotels, plastic, paper, linens

Hubby had three days of training to attend in Atlanta this weekend. I needed some time away to catch up, be creative and be alone and went with him to work during the day. Accomplishing goals was wonderful, however, observing the waste that goes on the training and hospitality industries was appalling. Our hotel had a sign in the room advocating leaving the towels on the rack after using only once to save water. I agreed with the message and we did exactly that. But not only did I observe a half dozen other negative practices when environmental issues are at stake but the hotel where he was training was worse. Being a personal trainer, the industry needs to consider the amount of plastic used by endorsing bottled water and having training in a resort type hotel that makes bottle water accessible via vendors, via services, via vending machines. Why can we not come up with an intelligent way to re-use not just the towels to save water but to safely recycling a world of plastic. If you care about the earth just look at the garbage wash in the Pacific. Thanks training and hospitality industries for making it worse! Can we not design a reusable product that holds liquid without toxic chemicals for personal fitness and hospitality too especially for people that value their life, body and the ability to help both?