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Waste - reducing our waste

 

How we're cutting our waste

Forest and Lake.

We are taking steps to reduce the amount of paper we use:

  • all of our employees have email and our payslips are now electronic
  • 10,000 pages of paper-based manuals moved online
  • 12,000 paper approval forms per month now handled electronically
  • using online surveys wherever possible

Results

Our efforts to reduce waste are producing positive results:

  • in 2006 the total amount of waste handled by our waste management contractor at Heathrow and Gatwick decreased by 9% compared to 2005
  • overall, there is a 6% improvement year-on-year in the waste generated per passenger
  • 10% decrease in the amount of waste going to landfill from Heathrow and Gatwick in comparison with 2005
 
 
River and riverbank.

Water conservation

We also recognise water as a precious commodity and we routinely monitor our water consumption wherever possible.

Through careful consideration we managed to achieve a 2.5% reduction on water consumption at our London hub airports of Heathrow and Gatwick.