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Strategies
Regulatory Alignment: Implement programs to meet or exceed state and local waste diversion mandates.
Tenant/Guest Integration: Implement training and public outreach to enhance waste minimization and diversion practices.
Source Reduction and Reuse: Continue to expand waste minimization and recycling opportunities.
Waste Minimization and Recycling In Action
Waste Separation
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- Recycling containers located throughout the Terminal complex for plastics, glass, aluminum and paper products.
- Mandatory cardboard recycling across the Airport campus.
- Collection of paper waste from administration offices for recycling by private contractor.
- Toner cartridge recycling from administration offices to support compliant plastic diversion.
Food Recovery
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- Food Donation Program for concession tenants to donate still edible food instead of throwing it away.
- Ongoing food waste collection for composting by concession tenants in the terminal complex.
- Recycling of cooking oils by food service restaurants.
Resource Diversion
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- Requirement that contractors meet a minimum diversion of construction and demolition debris.
- Pallet takeback program for concession tenants in the Terminal complex and a pallet diversion bin for airfield tenants.
- Diversion of landscape maintenance waste.
- Electronics waste recycling across the Airport Campus.
- Waste oil diversion from the Central Utility Plant.
Source Minimization
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- Source reduction best practices to reduce pollutants and waste before it gets to the Airport.
- Eliminating styrofoam use for to-go containers in the Terminal.
- Minimizing use of single-use plastics.
- Six liquid collection units pre-security and six refillable water stations post-security to help maximize diversion of recycled waste and minimize single-use plastic bottles.
Impacts at a Glance
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