Waste management

 

Ten recycling stations have been installed at Auckland Airport’s international terminal. 

Plans are under way for more as we strive to reduce the waste we send to landfill.

Further stations will be installed at the international terminal and a programme for the domestic terminal will start in 2009.

An audit of rubbish in the international terminal last year found a significant proportion could be recycled and this led to an initial 10 stations being installed.

The recycling stations consist of two bins, one for recycling material, the other for general waste. Recycled material currently includes plastic and glass bottles and aluminium cans, which are collected and taken off site for processing

 

 

Other recyling programmes include:

 

• electrical equipment and metal items recycled by the company
• concrete removed from runway and apron areas during upgrading (recycled as sub-base for new runway and  apron areas)