The possibility of applying the Florida Hotels and Motels Association approach to waste management in some Egyptian hotels

The study aims at determining the Possibility of applying waste management in an integrated way; this management consists of (1) Parties involved in waste management, (2) Waste management application mechanism, and (3) Technical and material requirements, considering the internal and external obstacles facing five-star hotels in Sharm El-Sheikh. The results found a clear lack of application of a comprehensive approach to waste management due to the adverse effect of internal and external obstacles, also It was found that overcoming external constraints eliminates internal constraints as the former is the main source of the latter. In the light of the results, the study recommends hotels to prepare a strategy for integrated waste management through the study of successful hotel experiences with the importance of effective cooperation between the parties involved in waste management, to make the reduction element the main objective of hotel waste management, and to provide technical and financial requirements for successful hotels waste management.