Among those initiatives are some creative ways to reuse what many hotels would throw in the trash. "We donate all of our reject linen and terry to homeless shelters," Fischer explains. "We also take our pillowcases and terry and use them for dust rags in the back of the house areas. Our housekeeping seamstress takes any rejected linens and turns them into aprons for our kitchen and stewarding staff. That' s been very well received and is a cost-saving measure for the hotel as well."