Inflight Recycling Programs at Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air

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1 Inflight Recycling Programs at Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air ACI-NA Airport Board Members and Commissioners Conference Savannah, GA April 13, 2010 Presented by: Carol Sim Director, Environmental Affairs

2 Overview About Alaska Airgroup (AAG) AAG s Environmental impacts Horizon Air s Recycling Program Alaska Airlines Recycling Program Obstacles to Recycling Other considerations Future Summary

3 Atlanta Houston 6.7 million passengers/yr. 3,100 employees 58 aircraft 47 cities served 390 daily departures

4 AAG Key Environmental Impacts Green House Gas Emissions Aircraft Fleet Vehicles/Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Buildings electricity & HVAC Solid Wastes Inflight Wastes Maintenance (aircraft, facility, GSE) Office building wastes Materials/Procurement Other: Deicing, Noise

5 Addressing Our Impacts Carbon/Fuel Reduction Programs Fleet transition Flying efficiencies Electrification of GSE fleets Solid Wastes Recycling Materials Ticketless travel Electronic forms Sustainable procurement Tonnes of CO2-e per 1 MM RPMs Alaska Air Group Intensity Year

6 The Case for Recycling Reduced disposal costs Garbage disposal = $125/ton* Recycling = FREE* Aluminum cans: <~ $.75/lb> PET bottles: <$.46-54/lb> Paper: <$199/ton> Improved public image Brand connection/relevance Increased morale, employee engagement Meets increasing customer & societal expectations It s the right thing to do Saves trees, oil, water & energy and reduces pollution * Seattle-area costs

7 WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN: THE SORRY STATE OF RECYCLING IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY An estimated 7.5 million pounds of trash is generated by the US. Aviation industry every day. 75% of that trash is recyclable. Only 20% ever reaches a recycling center.

8 Environmental Friendliness

9 One million disposable cups, the amount used on airline flights every 6 hours in the US. ~

10 Horizon Air (QX) Recycling Program Began inflight recycling in the mid-late 1980 s Both co-mingled and segregated Co-mingled: paper, PET cups & bottles, aluminum cans Segregated: glass, coffee grounds Other: Stretch wrap, cardboard, corks, etc.

11 Horizon Air Waste/recycling managed by QX Food and Beverage Staff (FAB) Three main FAB hubs: SEA, PDX, BOI Primarily beverage service (No hot meals or first class service) Most coffee is brewed on ground Total waste per passenger: 2.64 oz (1.82 oz is recycled) All inflight waste & recyclables managed at airport SeaTac compost collection

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16 Horizon Air Results Waste to Landfill 31% Total Recycled 69% Flight attendants collect over 83% of all recyclable materials Cans 4% Over 69% of all waste is recycled Glass 69% Plastic 9% Paper 18%

17 Horizon Recognition Port of Portland - Aviation Environmental Excellence Award 2008 Recycling association Recycler of the Year

18 Alaska Airlines (AS) Inflight Recycling Recycling efforts began in 2007 Co-mingled recycling Paper*, PET cups & bottles, aluminum cans, glass Some aluminum collected separately at kitchen Most major hub kitchens participating (7 of 23 kitchens) Goal of 100% collection & recovery in 2009 at Seattle flight kitchen. In Seattle alone, AS Inflight generates 8,000 lbs of garbage per day

19 Alaska Airlines Aircraft waste/recycling managed by contract catering kitchens Waste is managed at 23 catering kitchens (7 kitchens recycle) Catering kitchens are located both airport and off-airport Some cabin waste is collected and managed by fleet service providers Food & beverage service including some hot meals & First Class service Coffee is brewed on aircraft Total waste per passenger: 13.8 oz

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24 Alaska Airlines Results Recyclables Captured % 32% Flight attendants currently collect only 32% of all recyclable materials Year Composition of Inflight Waste by weight Recyclabl e 25% Twenty-five percent of the waste is actually recyclable Nonrecovera ble 75%

25 Obstacles to Recycling Some Flight Attendants do not collect recyclables if they believe that it is not recovered at the destination Health & safety concerns Need to keep inflight procedures consistent regardless of flight destination Recycling infrastructure and support at airports & flight kitchens Buy-in from flight kitchen International trash/recycling procedures

26 Other Opportunities Line Maintenance operations = steel oil cans Ticketing counters = paper Employee breakrooms = aluminum & plastic Air Cargo = stretch wrap, pallets, etc. SEA Line MX recycles appx steel cans per week

27 How Airports can Help Airport-supported recycling programs Co-mingled recycling/segregation Glass Composting Other: office paper, steel, stretch wrap, etc. Garbage/recycling receptacles placed in boarding areas/end of jetways Packaging reduction for airport-based food and beverage tenant vendors Coordinate with all tenants for recycling Ramp-side recycle bins near fleet service areas

28 The Future? Review packaging on all food and beverage products for sustainability criteria Purchase more recycled-content products Move to paper coffee cups and compostable inflight serviceware Zero Waste in 2020?

29 The END Thank you! THE END Thank you!

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