On November 24, a new follow-up meeting took place between the different partners of the Life + Zero Cabin Waste Project.The meeting was held at the Iberia headquarters in Madrid and was attended by the representatives of Iberia, Ecoembes, Gate Gourmet and Ferrovial in person and ESCI was present by telephone.Mainly, the progress of the [...]
The second test of the waste separation protocol using the new tri-compartmented trolley prototype will take place over the next days on 8 Iberia flights: 16.11.17 Madrid – Barcelona – Madrid. 17.11.17 Madrid – Lisbon – Madrid 21.11.17 Madrid – Vienna – Madrid 24.11.17 Madrid – Paris – Madrid [...]
On November 7, Joaquin Mateo, Compliance Director of Gategourmet, presented the project Zero Cabin Waste in the 2017 Collective Catering Congress (CRC'17) that was held in the city of Valencia, within the framework of the programming of ' Valencia, world capital of sustainable food, 2017 '. CRC is the only [...]
Last October, a presentation article on the Life+ ZCW Project was published in Ronda Magazine. This magazine can be found in the cabin of the aircraft, in the pocket of each of the seats. Ronda was available to all passengers in domestic, european and international flights of Iberia for the month October. A total [...]
On October 31 we had the opportunity to explain the Zero Cabin Waste Project to Ana Fernández Martin and Antonio Gonzalo Sáenz Feijoo, technicians of the General Subdirectorate of Animal Health and Hygiene and Traceability, belonging to the General Directorate of Health of Agricultural Production , within the MAPAMA (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food [...]
Dr. Alba Bala presented the European project LIFE + Zero Cabin Waste (ZCW) on aircraft cabin waste management in the symposium "Waste management: towards a circular economy", which took place on October 27 at the University of Cantabria. The Development of Chemical Processes and Pollutant Control group at the University of Cantabria (UC) organised [...]
During the month of October the training of the cabin crew of Iberia is taking place. This training has been included within the Course of Communication Plan of Heads Flight Attendants and there will be a total of 16 sessions in which 320 flight attendants will be formed. These cabin chiefs will be responsible for [...]
Last 25th of October 2017, Iberia and Gate Gourmet met with IATA and TAP Air Portugal.The meeting was divided into two parts. The first part took place at Iberia’s Offices, where IATA and Iberia were able to define its collaboration to develop a Zero Cabin Waste questionnaire which will allow to gather information about the [...]
From the 2nd to the 6th of October, the 16th International Symposium on Waste Management and Landfill took place in Santa Margherita de Pula, Sardinia, Italy.The Symposium, organized by IWWG (International Waste Working Group) with the support of several universities, had a total of 680 attendees and more than 550 scientific articles were presented (selected [...]
September 27th is World Tourism Day. This year special emphasis is placed on promoting Sustainable Tourism, socially and environmentally. The World Tourism Organization, under the motto "Travel, enjoy, respect", invites everyone, companies and tourists, to practice responsible tourism. Coinciding with this day, the Life + Zero Cabin Waste Project is publicized as an example of [...]
