The reasons to recycle are many and should be helpful to any business … lower cost with less trash to dispose and pay for and "bragging rights" to promote are just two … Yet two very large "inductries" have not jumped on the recycling bandwagon …
" … a The New York Times article, Leaving the Trash Behind, explored the aviation industry’s massive contribution to global waste … millions of plastic bottles discarded at security checkpoints, but separate recycling containers in terminals or on board planes are not common. …no industry standard for recycling …"
"Recycling procedures vary by airline and airport. Environmental programs involve many entities … each of the nation’s 552 commercial "airports has its own way of handling waste."
" … Continental Airlines has been recycling oil, antifreeze and other aircraft maintenance products for two or three years. Recently it began onboard collection of bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes. …"
" … Green America, an environmental group, started a campaign to get air travelers to report back on their website what airlines were recycling … to hold the industry accountable in enforcing their polities and to push them to do better."
" … medical centers are the second-largest waste producers in the United States, after the food industry. … In operating rooms, some items that are never even used are thrown away simply because they are taken out of their packaging and could have been contaminated."
Via: SmartPlanet LINK