Tuesday, November 15, 2016

OpenKey: Mobile Hotel Keys Good For the Environment

Dallas-based OpenKey, the developer of software which allows hotel guests to open their doors using their smartphones, is pointing out today that adoption of its technology could be good for the environment. OpenKey said that the average, 200 room hotel produces approximately 12,000 non-bidegradable platic key cards each year--the equivalent of 1,300 tons of plastic waste annually. OpenKey pointed out the benefit of its technology as part of America Recycles Day, and initiative which encourages American to promote recycling and to increase the rate of recycling in the nation. America only recycles around 35% of its waste, and is far from a leader in the world.