Topic: Environmental Impact of Traditional or Land Base Casinos - page 2. (Read 392 times)

We know how bad climate change is getting and if we want to protect the environment, we all need to collaborate and make efforts into still doing the things we do but with better environmental protection. This has come up a lot in the gambling sector and I have seen some of them take actions already. There have been numerous studies about the impact of casinos in the environment which is why there has also been found solutions for it.

Land-based casinos are turning green by using environmentally friendly products and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Many casinos partner up or sponsor organizations that has environmental sustainability at their core.

Just for example, Caesar’s Palace at Las Vegas plans on becoming carbon neutral before 2050. They have updated their HVAC systems and converted lights to L.E.D which are steps to becoming more environmentally friendly. They are also aware of the harmful impacts of improper waste disposal and are actively working on ways to efficiently and properly manage it.

New land-based casinos are also being designed and built using environmentally friendly approaches. Locally produced sustainable materials are used, and structures are planned to maximize natural light. These casinos frequently have rainwater collecting systems or solar roof panels as green energy sources.

You raise a good point and many casinos have already started getting environmentally conscious. It will be a long journey but the journey to a greener future has already started and best believe that the gambling industry is not getting left behind.

Electricity usage is not exclusive or limited to physical casinos alone, as a matter of fact I believe that many other types of establishments will use more electricity than land based casinos. What about hotels and factories that works day and night shifts, I'm sure that you can not compare casino power usage to them, and there's hardly anything in this present age that doesn't require electricity to function. If you think that the physical casinos are wasteful with electricity and water that means that every other businesses that functions round the clock are also wasteful.

They give a crap? Heck businesses give a crap about the environment? Pretty sure a large majority don't. And if we were to start nitpicking I'm pretty sure there are WAY more businesses out there that have the same problems, if they are problems in the first place that OP pointed out. Heck even individual homes (at least some) can be pointed out in that case if we were to match the scale of expenditure that an individual home has over casinos.

Unless the business damages the environment badly enough for the government to work, pretty sure they don't do any risk mitigation above the bare minimum.

pretty sure they do but don't really care about it as much as they care about making money. As for whether are they doing mitigation risk? I remember a thread on this board talking about CSR(Corporate Social Responsibility),  but as far as I know, it is not focused on environmental issues. CSR is basically a community service from companies where they are required(if the government or regulators require it) to do something for the society or community.

They don't care about that and even they cares, they will not do many things and will hire third party to clean up that while they can focus to make money. We don't know how big their waste because we are not doing research for that but maybe there are some organization that research on every business and report to the government. The impact from their business will be there but they will not thinks much about that so it needs awareness from the government to approach to them and talk with them to cares with the environment. But that will depends on how the government works on that so we can only see what will happen later.

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Right, this could be the last thing that a business owner will think, to care about the environment. Of course it will be good if they did, or at least donate millions on some non-profit organizations about environment and others.

But if I'm a casino operators, I wouldn't prioritized this one, maybe there could be groups that will go against casinos, but this issues is the last one that they will have to deal. They will have to recoup first their capital and then make profits before thinking other parameters.

To be honest, you are right. Even if they’re aware about those negative environmental effects, they won’t care. All they care is about money and generate more money each and every day. And if ever there will be complaints, know that everything will be paid with money. That’s what the casino owner believes, so they’ll stick to it. Because in reality, the people around will only dare to make noise if they don’t receive proper compensation. But as long as money moves, everything get settled in silence.

Those are very negligible, probably a little higher than a commercial building like a restaurant so the environmental impact is not a big factor in my opinion.

Whereas it has social impact that is why it's restricted to operate in a school or even residence zone to avoid any disturbance to the public reside there, if we look at the environment impacts of every business then no one can run any business so people won't have jobs means there will be no circulation of money which will leads to the economic dysfuntion.

The casinos that exist today don't care about the environment at all, because they just try hard to make money. Because the new casino owners have come in since the previous owners have gone away and I think they don't realize it. 
Water and electricity can play a significant role so I think these casinos really don't have to worry about it.

There's no impact on the environment from having constant power supply and water and other necessities needed to keep a casino running because just like any business, those are necessities and without them there would be no profit or gains from the investment in such a business.

Casinos are made for business, they make lot of money but also spend lot of money on taxes and also various other expenses such as paying for electricity usage and also paying for environmental cleanliness, not caring about the impact on the environment because they have paid for everything needed to handle it.
But now everything has shifted online and of course there is not much negative impact on the environment as what are saying here, I think such concerns are too much and look at various other industrial businesses also have the same impact but they can still continue to operate.

I think it's not just the casino business that has an impact on the community environment, most big businesses like big factories that operate in the middle of the community also cause environmental damage, no one can be blamed if the business is legal and they pay taxes according to the rules, they only run a business that makes a profit for themselves, when it comes to environmental concerns, business people rarely pay attention, they only care about their own business so that it runs smoothly.

They already know about that because if not, the government will give sanction to them. And if they care about that, they will use renewable energy than using the same thing as the other casinos. They will promoting a usable of renewable energy and environmentally friendly place so that will make people comfortable when they playing gambling in that casino.

If you want to know more, you need to visit on each casino and ask to one of their employee to know for details. Most people who visit on the land base casino will not think about that because they only want to spend their time by playing gambling. They don't even thinks where the garbage will be deliver. As long as they can follow the instruction from the regulator, they will be fine and can operate their business without having a problem.

Of course, they will be conducting their risk mitigation. You painted these casinos standard and I don't see a standard organization that will not do that, even in many insane countries, they are still obliged to do it, especially if they are successful.

Also, these points you iterated above are not always an issue, some of them do not even have any impact on the environment, other businesses enjoy them too. But for those who have an impact on the environment like electricity generation, the country matters a lot and so does the regulation in the country. For instance, in my country, the electricity is so poor, so most businesses use a power generator, which is not environmentally friendly. But if electricity can be provided for them in a good country, it affects nothing so long as they pay their bills.

What business doesn't have impact to the environment anyway? I guess the environment is the least of the concerns of brick-and-mortar casinos. It's the concern primarily of the government agencies assigned to it.

For as long as casinos are compliant with the rules and regulations regarding proper waste disposal and other stuff that affect the environment, I guess that's enough. But if we expect them to be strong advocates of the environment, it isn't their line of business.

Even hotels and their factory industries are bigger in impacts such as waste, electricity use, water and to other environments, whereas traditional gambling will not be as big as hotels or other factories.

Why we point to casinos is because they are always viewed negatively, which assumes that casinos are only concerned with profits without caring about others, but I believe traditional casinos already have several sections assigned to manage waste and others.

I think land-based casinos that operate have thought about this, because of course before they build or establish a casino, they definitely open a discussion first with the government in their country and of course in this discussion it seems that electricity, water or other issues are also discussed. As far as I know, land-based casinos that operate tend to be very clean and free from garbage, which indicates that they are well disciplined, and so do I think with responsibilities outside the casino.

Maybe there are also casinos that don't care about the environmental impact of their casinos, but that's an irresponsible act, right? Casino owners should be able to take care of everything properly because that way of course it's for the good of their own business in the future. For example, now there are land-based casinos that don't take care of their garbage, in other words they throw garbage carelessly somewhere, I think that will be a problem where there might be complaints from the surrounding community to the government and of course this could be a problem for their business.

There are positive and negative environmental impacts from casinos since you are asking if they are aware.
I think they are aware of the environment, but I don't think they care about the impact of the casino on the environment. I don't see any news here in my country for the positive impact of casinos on the environment; almost negative impact is what I see on the news.
I am more confident if they give more donations for local community benefits than fixing those negative environmental impacts.

The only land-based casino that I know in this part of the world is called ground casino, and this casino is located in one of the most luxurious hotels in the country's capital city, for that, whatever services that the casino or customers enjoy being paid for and for sure it a service and the casino will still generate the return from their customers one way or the other, and that should not be a thing that gamblers should worry too much trying to debate what the level of impact of operating a casino within an establishment, because gambling on it own is a business that generates its income and by so doing, they transfer the debt burdens to the end users which is the gambler.

Some of the few impact of the presence of a physical casino within a premises may not be limited to those we have to mentioned such as environmental pollution due to the activities cominyfrom those gambler's visiting the casino and other businesses that are run in the casino environment.