A new project follow-up meeting was held on October 9, in which the status of the different Actions and the associated administrative documentation were reviewed.The meeting took place at the headquarters of Iberia in Madrid and attended the representatives of Iberia, Ecoembes, Gate Gourmet and Ferrovial and ESCI was present by telephone. Transfer, the company [...]
On September 21 and 22, the meeting of the LIFE Platform on Plastic Waste Recycling was held, organized by the Technical University of Athens. Throughout this forum of exchange between different European LIFE experiences, different working groups were developed, analyzing the fit of LIFE projects with the most current issues in waste management and circular [...]
In order to facilitate training for cabin crew, four posters have been published showing the three categories of waste that will be separated on board: Recoverable waste (cans, cartons, plastic packaging and glass bottles), Paper and cardboard waste, Other refuse.
Pere Fullana, director of the UNESCO Chair in Cycle of Life and Climate Change ESCI-UPF and Gonzalo Blanca, researcher of the Chair, will attend next month Sardinia_2017, the 16th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium , to be held in Sardinia on 2 -6 October This is the 16th edition of this [...]
Last Monday 18th of September, Iberia and Airbus held a meeting at Airbus Factory in Hamburg, to bring together ideas for possible new designs or modifications of trolleys that would allow to successfully segregate residues on board. Iberia presented the project and its objectives, and the results of the trial flights carried out in [...]
Last Friday, September 15th, all partners of the Zero Cabin Waste project met to plan and review the status of the actions to develop and see the status of the rest. In relation to the implementation phases, the most immediate to develop is the training of Iberia’s cabin crew and Gate Gourmet staff on [...]
In addition to the poster made a few months ago, a leaflet of the project was created, following the same aesthetic of the informational poster with the aim of being easily recognized.This brochure is an A4 size diptych in two languages, to be delivered at congresses, seminars, conferences... in which Zero Cabin Waste project participates.This [...]
For these tests the waste trolleys were divided into three compartments of equal size: recyclable packaging, non-recyclable and recyclable paper-cardboard.To facilitate the identification of the different compartments to the crew, the carts were labeled by a color coding, following this order: Recoverable (plastic and glass containers, aluminum wrapping, film, plastic cups, soda cans etc.). Paper-cardboard [...]
Last week the protocol for the separation of waste from Cat. 3 (community waste) was launched on 8 Iberia flights. The results have been good, most of the wastes have been correctly deposited (recyclable part, non-recyclable part and paper-board), although some residue has been found in the non-corresponding compartment. These tests have served to [...]
The pilot test of the new separation protocol for Cat. 3 waste at Iberia flights begins today, July 10th. The testing will run during this week in 8 Iberia flights, 4 arrives and 4 returns: Madrid-Barcelona-Madrid. Madrid - Lisbon-Madrid. Madrid-Geneva-Madrid. Madrid-Prague-Madrid. The trolley to be used for this trial test will be a [...]
