Single Stream Recycling at Holiday Valley

Our new recycling program, called Single Stream Recycling, is a pilot program from Modern Disposal. We are able to recycle plastic bottles, glass bottles, clean paper, clean cardboard and aluminum cans. We have receptacles inside and outside the base lodges, and at the Inn. Signage directs customers to deposit any recyclable material into one receptacle. That material is transported to a central dumpster at Holiday Valley, then it is collected by Modern. They have a new facility where they will mechanically separate all of the material for recycling. The great thing about this program is that it makes recycling very easy for everyone. The easier it is to recycle, the more people will do it!

Renewable Energy for Electricity

Starting with the 2006-07 season, Holiday Valley began to purchase wind and renewable energy credits to offset 100% of the electricity needto operate their 13 lifts for the season.  The clean, renewable energy is currently supplied by wind energy marketer anddeveloper, Renewable Choice.The ski industry and the vitality of our community depend on reliable winter and summer weather but air pollution, primarily fromburning fuels (fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas, as well as renewable fuels like wood and biomass) is increasing theamount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causing warmer winters and more erratic weather patterns. Wind energy lowers the impactof climate change by changing the way energy is produced by converting non-polluting, clean, renewable wind energy intoelectricity.Holiday Valley’s purchase of renewable energy credits will equate to 1,750,000 kilowatt hours of nationally sourced renewableenergy. Compared to the average generation mix in the electric grid, the environmental benefit from this purchase is equal tooffsetting approximately 3,233,230 pounds of carbon dioxide per year, the impact of which is equivalent to planting more than9,816 mature trees or not driving 2,603,985 miles.You won’t see windmills at the top of Holiday Valley, the wind energy is generated at wind farms across the country. The energy Holiday Valley purchases is put into the national electrical grid to offset the amount of electricity Holiday Valley will use to operate its lifts this season. At this time the purchase of wind generated electricity is more expensive, but the cost of wind power has dropped significantly over the past few years as the demand has increased and more wind farms are built to increase the supply. Holiday Valley is proud to be among the ranks of North America’s leading resorts in using clean, renewable energy. This is an important investment into the future of Holiday Valley, the ski industry and our environment.

Purchase Carbon Offsets

Here are two sites where you can learn more about your carbon footprint and how to offset your energy use by purchasing carbon offsets. Find out how carbon offsets work.

Terrapass 

Native Energy

Vehicle Idling

Ski Areas across the country adopted an Environmental Charter in 2000 to address the environmental concerns of our industry. The Charter emphasizes the impacts of transportation on air quality and climate change.

• We can all play a postive role in reducing the adverse impacts of unnecessary idling on air quality, climate change and our health. Please read over these helpful tips on how to reduce idling to understand why it is important.
• Try not to let your vehicle idle longer than 5 minutes