News: Monarch extend onboard recycling scheme
Flights > News > # 1655 (22/01/2008)
Monarch has announced the extension of its onboard recycling service, which was initially launched on flights to London Gatwick last October.
The airline will now operate the initiative on flights arriving to Birmingham, with all aluminium, plastic, glass and paper used on the flight stored for recycling after landing.
Monarch's managing director, Tim Jeans, called on more airlines to follow their lead.
He said: "Over the past three months our onboard recycling initiative on flights into Gatwick has been fantastically received by both Monarch cabin crew and customers, with many customers assisting the process by separating their own recyclable waste before collection by the crew.”
He added: "Seventy per cent of the waste generated in the cabin is potentially recyclable, so the fact that more airlines are not adopting similar policies is staggering.
"We urge our other UK and European airports to introduce the necessary recycling infrastructure to enable us to roll out the scheme to include all Monarch services."
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