South East Forum For Sustainability

Article Courtesy of AirportWatch

Eureka ! Gatwick Airport has outlined its 10-year green plan, including a bid to cut its carbon emissions by 50% by 2020, compared to 2009 levels. (That of course ignores the airport’s intentions to grow from 32 – 40 million passengers per year … massively increasing carbon emissions). The airport has all sorts of good intentions like reducing waste sent to landfill, composting out-of-date products, coffee grounds and peelings, using less energy and less water: “For example, we are in the process of upgrading the lighting in both of our terminals with low voltage equivalents and we have installed passenger sensors on our travelators and escalators, allowing operation to cease when not in use”. Remarkably it is even being applauded by the Carbon Trust for doing this, as they don’t seem to have appreciated the increased emissions from the flights ….. heigh ho !