News: New environmental scheme for Liverpool airport
Flights > News > # 919 (29/08/2006)
Liverpool John Lennon airport and The Mersey Forest have joined together to give passengers the opportunity to contribute to their local environment and take a step towards off-setting the carbon emissions from their flight.
The new initiative known as ‘Last Call’ provides passengers with the opportunity to invest in their local environment before or after taking a flight from Liverpool airport by helping to plant trees in the nearby Mersey Forest, the UK’s largest Community Forest.
There are two ways in which passengers can support the scheme, either by donating money in the collection box which is located in the airport’s departure lounge or by contributing online at www.lastcall.org.uk. Contributions made by passengers will go towards planting trees to help absorb some of the CO2 emissions from their flight. Liverpool airport’s operator, The Peel Group, has also pledged to match passenger contributions made at the collection box.
The Mersey Forest’s project director, Paul Nolan, said: “There is increasing awareness about the importance of climate change and the need for us all to make changes to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide we produce. This programme will continue to raise awareness, create new woodlands and help to lock up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.”
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