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Virginia Green
Hotels & Lodging Facilities
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Comfort Inn - Gunston Corner
Lorton, VA
Virginia Green is the Commonwealth of Virginia’s campaign to promote environmentally-friendly practices in all aspects of Virginia’s tourism industry. Virginia Green has established "core activities" specific to each sector of tourism, and these practices are considered the required minimum for participation in the program. However, Virginia Green encourages its participants to reduce their environmental impacts in all aspects of their operations, and this profile provides a full list of all their “green” activities. These are the activities that guests / customers can expect to find when they visit this facility.
Comfort Inn - Gunston Corner
We are a lodging facility branded by Comfort Inn LLC and managed by PMHS. We provide Lodging hospitality services to all guests
We have an internal belief inside of our parent company that going green is important. The availability of such a program is just an added benefit to what we are doing as an organization
We purchase inside of Virginia whenever possible as this is our home and has been for over 15 years.
Virginia Green Activities
This facility pledges that they:
Offer optional linen serviceRecycle| - Have in place clearly marked recycling bins or provide convenient drop-off locations for guests to recycle: |
| - Glass Bottles |
| - Plastic Bottles |
| - Aluminum cans |
| - Newspaper |
- Office paper
Other items recycled by the facility: |
| - Printer/ copy machine toner cartridges |
| - Cardboard |
| - Fluorescent lamps |
| - Batteries |
Reduce solid waste| - Track overall solid waste costs |
| - Have a numeric goal to reduce overall materials that go to the landfill |
| - Instruct housekeeping staff to save and reuse unopened items |
| - Have an effective food inventory control system to minimize waste |
| - Use disposable foodservice items that are made from renewable materials (not petroleum-based) |
| - Use disposable foodservice items that are made from recycled content |
| - Use disposable foodservice items that are recyclable (in your area!) |
| - Use and compost disposable containers made of compostable material (corn, bamboo, potato starch, sugarcane, etc.) |
| - Provide condiments, cream and sugar, etc. in bulk |
| - Use water pitchers to minimize the use of single-use bottles |
| - Use bulk soap dispensers in public restrooms |
| - Purchase recycled-content paper-towels and toilet paper |
| - Remove facility and staff names from junk mail lists when possible |
| - Reuse scrap paper for notes |
| - Use refillable pens and toner cartridges |
| - Purchase recycled paper with a high-percentage recycled content |
| - Make double-sided photocopies and avoid making extra photocopies |
| - Use green cleaning products that are dispensed in bulk |
| - Use latex, low or no-VOC paints |
| - Perform preventative maintenance on all appliances, HVAC systems, plumbing, and vehicles |
Use water efficientlyConserve energyOffer a green events package| - Include the availability of "green meetings/conferences" in marketing packages (see the factsheet on Environmentally-Responsible Conferences & Events) |
For more information on Comfort Inn - Gunston Corner, see
www.cigunston.com/
or contact Kenneth White at kwhite@pmhs.com or 703-643-3100.
For more information on the Virginia Green program, see www.deq.state.va.us/Programs/PollutionPrevention/VirginiaGreen.aspx.
Virginia Green is a partnership supported by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, the Virginia Hospitality & Tourism Association, and the Virginia Tourism Corporation.