@James250 you can make your own tolietries. there are plenty of youtube chanels for this.
re laundry washing powder - i think you have to be careful to ensure that any bacteria is removed from guest linen etc between uses. i don't make my own washing powder for my personal laundry for that reason.
vinegar is an excellent product as is baking soda. you can make your own vinegar easily if you want more control over your footprint and over your product.
otherwise i use commercial strength cleaners to ensure my level of cleanliness matches hotel 5 star. the cleaners i use are environmentally friendly. you can check this out at any large hotel cleaner suppplier. there is also a product that requires only water. they are electro-static cloths but at this stage, although i know how they say they work, i can not work out how they could possibly work in a toilet, in the shower, in the ensuite or in a commercial kitchen, let alone when you wash them. like a hotel, all cleaning cloths are colour coded to ensure no cross contamination although i don't know how that works when it comes to washing them.
re guests - they will do as they do. i think in their minds, they've paid, so... but because i am in the guest rooms from 10am i turn everything off and reset to pre guest arrival.
re ensuite linen - i provide only one bath towel and hand towel for their use, replacing their facecloth each day. all requests for further ensuite linen is at a cost of $50 per item 100% of which is donated to the Kakapo Recovery Programme. if they require towels for swimming in the lake i provide those from my private linen for free. the other linen is hired and commercially collected, cleaned and delivered.
TripAdvisor has a certificate in Green Leadership. I have Silver Status from opening (first opened dec 22, 2016) and i hope to be able to get to gold before reopening dec 1, 2017. you get the website widget for your website if you have one and a lovely framed certificate for your reception or wherever and a sticker for your front door, window etc.
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Em
Hukawi Lodge
Franz Josef, NZ
https://www.airbnb.co.nz/rooms/15418840