PROFILE
over 80 of the airport ’ s concessions per day , and processing over 600 inbound deliveries per week .
BRE : How big a project has the new waste management plant been ? How long has it taken to plan and build ? > DHL Supply Chain has worked closely with Gatwick over the last year to design , implement and manage the airport ’ s full waste management and recycling system . This has included designing the new biomass boiler , which turns the airport ’ s waste into a dry-powdered organic material , used as fuel to heat the site and dry the waste for the next day .
It has been an ambitious project , costing £ 3.8million , and will enable Gatwick to reach its target recycling rate of 85 percent by 2020 – higher than any UK airport currently and up from 49 percent today .
Can you tell us about the technology involved in converting Category 1 waste into energy ? > The Category 1 waste is first sorted in the waste management plant . Due to the nature of international waste , is not manually sorted but is loaded into an automated system . It is shredded and dried to remove water , which is reused , before being screened to remove the small quantity of shredded plastics , metals and other coarse materials , which are sent for disposal . This leaves only solid biomass fuel which we combust .
Are you looking to install this facility into other airports ? > Deutsche Post DHL Group has recently announced its commitment to reduce all logistics-related emissions to net zero by the year 2050 and become the market leader in green logistics . The development of the new waste management plant has taken us a step closer to achieving this goal , and DHL plans to expand its portfolio of green products and services to help all of its customers achieve their own climate protection targets .
While there are no plans to currently install into at other airports , the technology is agile and could be adapted to different locations .
WHAT OTHER ENERGY GENERATION IDEAS ARE YOU EXPLORING WITH GATWICK ? > We are currently working with
14 June 2017