These days, the focus on minimising your carbon footprint and your impact on the environment is something that every business owner should get behind. Not only does it ensure that future generations can benefit from the beautiful planet we call home, but in the short term it can also give you a boost in occupancy rates and help to increase the bottom line of your park. You don’t have to go to massive extremes either to plug into a green operating state. There are easy-to-implement and simple processes you can put into place that will allow you to be green.

Make Recycling Easy

Making sure that you offer your guests easy to find recycling stations throughout your park is an easy step in creating a greener approach. Always avoid having a single recycling station, as this will only lead to an overused, and typically overflowing, drop-off station. Make sure the area has easy-to-understand recycling rules to avoid the need for one of your staff to sort through the rubbish and recyclables. For a handy financial boost, check in with your local council and see what incentives they offer for recycling. This might not be much dollars wise, but could be a reduced loading cost for rubbish collection (every little bit helps).

Go Solar

Investing in solar hot water systems for your amenities blocks or solar panels for reducing the running costs of your onsite café is another great way to go green. Government agencies typically offer some form of rebate for adding solar power onto your property, and it does have the added benefit of reducing your overall electricity costs to the park. While the money that can be made off pushing solar energy onto the power grid has reduced in recent years, there is still a good saving to be found from having natural energy generation on site.

Encourage the Eco-Tourist

Expanding out your client base is something that park owners should be doing on a constant basis. Attracting customers who have a leaning to more eco-friendly accommodations can bring in a group of clients that you might not have otherwise thought of. State and Federal Government departments offer eco-rating systems that indicate to the wider community how environmentally friendly and green your business is. Each government rating system has minimum requirements, and the ratings are based on a simple star structure. It is well worth a small amount of time to check in with your local government department on what their programme offers.

To minimise your impact on the environment usually takes a small amount of time and a few well thought out options. Implementing them will normally come with a small financial advantage, but the advantage to the planet and for the next generations will be priceless.