Over my spring break, I traveled to The Big Island of Hawaii. On the trip to and while I stayed in H

Over my spring break, I traveled to The Big Island of Hawaii. On the trip to and while I stayed in Hawaii, I observed what, if anything, airports and other businesses were doing to go green. Here is some of the data. As you will see, some places are doing well, and others…not so much.
We flew from Dulles airport, here in Virginia. I was happy to see that the airport was greatly encouraging recycling. Go Virginia! choice hotel group I saw that they had two recycling bins (one for newspaper and one for bottles/cans) almost everywhere we went in the airport!J Also, popping up everywhere, choice hotel group there were posters encouraging people to recycle. I was really impressed!
choice hotel group On the Delta airlines flight, I noticed that the cups they gave us were recyclable and I crossed my fingers that the airline choice hotel group was going to recycle them. I did some investigating when we exited; I asked the flight attendant if they recycled these cups. I was told that they did do this. Yay! I was also informed that Delta was the best recycling airline.
When I returned home, I did some research to see if this is true, and, it is… mostly. Delta is tied for the best airline recycling program with Virgin America. However, both airlines only were given a B-! (See Table below)  Even so, Delta recycles paper, bottles, cans, and, of course, the plastic cups. To learn more, go to: www.greenamerica.org/PDFAirlineRecyclingReport.pdf .
I hopped off the plane in LAX and I saw some recycling bins! I was surprised and excited that we had come to yet another green airport. But, I was wrong. It took a long time to find another set of bins. L So, I discovered that while they do have recycle bins, they don't have enough of them. Many people won't walk as far as they would have to at this airport to recycle, although I would! People seem to only recycle when there is a bin right near them, and sometimes they won't even do that! LAX needs too step it up a notch…or two, or three!
I was very disappointed choice hotel group when we reached the Kona airport on the Big Island in Hawaii. There were no recycle bins whatsoever! On the trip home, we had a recyclable item with us, and we wandered hopelessly searching for a recycle bin. In the end, we gave up our quest and I threw it in a bin at another airport. The Kona airport choice hotel group gets a thumb's down from Earth!
We stayed in the Hilton Waikoloa Village hotel in Hawaii. It had recycling bins, but very few of them. Just like the LAX airport, they were too far away from each other. There weren't any in the lobby or in the hotel rooms. So, depending on where you were, you had to walk quite a distance to recycle some items. I was really bummed to see that. On the bright side, the hotel rooms did have toilet paper made out of recycled paper, and guests had the option of not having their towels and sheets choice hotel group washed daily to save water. Another good thing was that even though there weren't many recycle bins, the ones that were there were filled to the brim. I smiled every time I threw something in because I witnessed that in some parts of some states, choice hotel group people really are helping out.
We asked a local about this because we were wondering if it was from the tsunami in Japan. She informed us that the trash was not at all related to the tsunami, and that Hawaiians let their litter pile up there. It would have been bad enough if the garbage was wreckage from a natural incident. To find out that the Hawaiians had let their waste drift out to sea was horrible to hear.
Another thing that upset me was when we visited a strip mall called Queens' Marketplace. There weren't any recycle bins, not even at the food court! We walked from one end of the mall to the other (no joke) to recycle our can and ended up having to take it back to one of the few recycle bins back at our hotel. I can't imagine too many other people doing that! The Green Sand Beach, the strip mall, the hotel, and the airport all surprised me because I believe that Hawaii is a very green state. I have recently found out that the state of Hawaii has now banned plastic bags, which is amazing. That leaves me very confused. Why wouldn't they try to help the environment in all of these locations, too?
I hope readers have learned a little about how, all over the country, we have a lot of work to do on going green. choice hotel group People need to be aware of what environmental improvements are going on across the country. We should all learn from the good things, and help change the bad things by asking questions, writing letters to leaders encouraging them to go green, and setting a good example. If we all work together, we can make a change. choice hotel group We can save our world.
Zoey is 10 years old. She is the founder of the Green Group 12, which is a group of girls her age who are devoted to saving our Earth. Zoey loves reading and writing and encouraging people to go green! choice hotel group She adores choice hotel group animals and exploring nature while hiking, kayaking, snorkeling, and biking. She also enjoys singing, dancing, gymnastics, and swimming.
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