Our planet. Our responsibility.

As part of our company’s vision, the Colonel Butler Inn is committed to being a green hotel. A green, or eco-friendly, hotel is one that considers environmental aspects in all areas of operations including building management, guest services, and dining.

We have taken a number of environmental conscious steps to become more sustainable and lessen our carbon footprint. We’ll be implementing even more initiatives in our ongoing efforts in being an eco-friendly hotel.

And if you know of any other environmental initiatives that we could implement, please don’t hesitate to email us to let us know!

Hotel’s Environmental Initiatives:

• Linen re-use program
• Recycling bins in guest rooms and the hotel’s offices – paper products, cardboard, glass, plastic, and tin can all be recycled
• A compost bin is located in the hotel’s kitchen
• Hotel has a publicly-accessed jug-less water cooler that provides complimentary cold purified water for guests and in-room glass pitchers - this reduces the need for guests to purchase bottled water decreasing the amount of plastic that ends up in land fill sites
• Hotel uses a rain-water barrel decreasing our usage of the city’s water supply when watering our plants
• A timer is used on some of the interior public lights shutting them off when they are not needed
• Housekeepers use an eco friendly line of cleaning chemicals
• Bath/shower dispensers have replaced the small plastic bottles of shampoo/conditioner, drastically cutting down on the use of plastic bath products
• Hotel participates and promotes in environmental related events such as Earth Hour
• Certain items after a period of use are donated to local charitable organizations such as Gillian’s Place in St. Catharines, Ontario instead of these items being thrown out
• Hotel offers a 100% indoor non-smoking environment