The Voice of Innkeeping Vol 3 Issue 8 October 2018 | Page 30

We sat down with Amanda Stultz of Sitronu to discuss green amenities, toxin-free cleansers, and how to transform your guest bathrooms into an eco-friendly paradise!

By Sarah Mahnke & Amanda Stultz

our property's bathrooms are where

your guests clean their teeth, skin, hair, and everything in between — so why not ensure that his or her visit is as clean, green, and toxic-free as possible?

Your property's eco-friendly washrooms can be a unique and important opportunity to introduce your guests to a more sustainable lifestyle, and inspire them to use the same great products you use at your inn or B&B! By avoiding deluges of disposable trash, unnecessary water usage, and toxic chemicals cleaning and air freshening chemicals, your guest bathrooms will be an eco-friendly paradise in no time!

Toxin-Free Soaps & Cleansers

Not unlike food, if the ingredients of your soaps, cleansers, or lotions are difficult to pronounce, the product probably isn't good for you or your skin. For example, "anti-bacterial" cleansers often include certain endocrine disruptors, which can wreck havoc on aquatic life and other organisms after the chemicals excape into the water stream, not to mention breed supergerms on the skin that can become resistant to these cleansers!

According to Amanda Stultz of Sitronu, an AIHP Allied Partner their customers, including innkeepers, "love that fact that

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