Room Keys

Provide reusable room keys made out of non-plastic materials

Available alternatives include: traditional metal keys, or wooden, bamboo, and paper options for chip-based key cards made out of vetted regenerative materials and designed to have a long life before being recyclable at the end-of-life. 

Companies are developing bamboo chip technology to replace plastic room key cards. There are also wooden and paper options. 

To incentivize guests to return their keys at the end of their stay, include a fine for keys not returned or an incentive program for returned keys. Ensuring keys are returned is the first step to successfully recollecting and reusing them, to avoid treating them as single-use.