PROFILE
AIRPORTS GENERATE ENORMOUS amounts of waste . While the environmental headlines inevitably focus on fuel consumption and air and noise pollution , little attention has been focussed on the waste generated in this enormous supply chain hub .
Category 1 waste includes food and anything mixed with it , such as cups , meal trays and packaging from aircraft . Around 20 percent of the 10,500 tonnes of waste handled at London Gatwick each year falls into this category , representing a huge of amount of food and associated packaging .
Enter DHL Supply Chain and its new waste management and recycling system . It has recently come online and is expected to save the airport £ 1,000 a day . We caught up with Martin Willmor , DHL Supply Chain ’ s Senior Vice President of Specialist Services in the UK .
12 June 2017