Implementing eco-friendly green practices at your resort is no longer just a way to stand out in the crowd. Environmental responsibility has become a standard that consumers expect all businesses in every industry to meet.

Fail to have a recycling bin where your resort guests think one should be or use one-too-many disposable products, and you'll be called out on TripAdvisor, Yelp and a host of social media sites as if your property is singlehandedly destroying life as we know it on Planet Earth. Vacation owners and renters may or may not have sound ecological practices at home, but they expect their hotel or timeshare property to ace all issues of environmental responsibility.