Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Ltd granted the Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) accolade.
The zero waste to landfill (ZWL) accolade has been given by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII-ITC) Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development.
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Ltd (TIAL) has claimed that it has become the first airport in India to receive this recognition.
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport has implemented the best waste management practices. It has achieved 99.50 per cent waste diversion from landfill.
It has successfully diverted 100% of plastic waste and 100 per cent of MSW waste (wet and dry).
This airport has achieved this recognition by adopting the 5R principles of reduce, reuse, reprocess, recycle and recover of Sustainable Waste Management.
Paper waste, cutlery waste, food waste and road waste were the main sources of waste generation at this International Airport.
The system involves waste segregation, recycling, monitoring, and reduction, as well as an Environmental Management System (EMS).
The airport has designated sites for collecting segregated waste and transferring it.
