Characterisation and Recovery of Solid Waste from Hotels in the Town of Zuenoula (Central West of Côte d’Ivoire)

Abstract

The town of Zuenoula, located in central west of Côte d’Ivoire, lacks socio- cultural activities that could have a positive impact on the accommodation sector. It has a small number of hotel establishments. Despite this, hotels benefit from stays for ceremonies, seminars, and funerals. This frequentation of hotel establishments generates waste, which is difficult to manage properly. They dispose of their waste in the same way as ordinary household waste. To reduce waste, some is recycled and then recovered. The aim of this study is to show how waste from hotels in the town of Zuenoula is recycled. To achieve this, the chosen methodology is based on documentary research and field surveys supported by questionnaires and direct observation. For the selection of the sample, the reasoned choice method was used, supported by the snowball method, for greater efficiency. The results revealed that hotel establishments produce various types of solid waste, of which the recovered waste (25%) is water bottles, unusable sheets and towels, faulty appliances, and leftover food. As for no recycled hotel waste (75%), 13% is collected by municipal services, 62% is disposed of on the streets, 13% on empty lots, and 12% around wetlands. All the hotel establishments surveyed had no infrastructure for collecting the waste produced on a daily basis, which degraded the population’s living environment.