Gate Gourmet continues its OFF LOAD ANALYSIS (OLA) studies by periodically counting the different products loaded on the different flights that have not been consumed. At first, only food counts were carried out, but in recent months, the trolleys of the bar section (mainly drinks) have been included in these studies in order to obtain [...]
Every first Thursday of the month the Enviro portal, the Environmental Sciences Association, the Higher Institute for the Environment and the Radio Ecogestiona Program, organize the Green Drinks event in which different projects related to sustainable development are explained to help connect people involved or interested in this topic.At the Green Drinks held last Thursday, [...]
Last Monday, April 23rd, Marina Garcia of Iberia and Nieves Sanz of Ecoembes visited AIMPLAS, the Plastic Technology Institute located in Valencia, where two LIFE Projects are being developed, both of them related to the improvement of packaging waste management: LIFE Recypack and LIFE Ecomethylal. Eva Verdejo and Sonia Albein of the Department of [...]
In the edition nº 48 of March 2018 of the Futurenviro magazine, specialized in environment, this article has been published; Life Zero Cabin Waste - sustainable management of airline catering waste, written by the companion of the ZCW Project Gonzalo Blanca of ESCI-UPF. The article highlights the context in which the project arises, the [...]
Patricia Zamora is the latest incorporation to GateGourmet for the Compliance Department. Patricia, in addition to the tasks related to Environment within the catering, will also be very involved in the activities carried out within the ZCW Project.Patricia has a degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Alcalá and she is a technique in [...]
Since last March, Iberia is training its cabin crew of new entry. Within this training, an environmental module has been include in which the LIFE Zero Cabin Waste project is presented as well as its objectives and the involvement of each partner in the project.These trainings began in March and will continue during the month [...]
As advanced, it has been carried out the third test of separation of waste on board. Initially, the test was planned for 10 Iberia’s flights but, due to flight cancellations, it was only possible to run them in 6 flights: 19.03.2018 – Madrid – Hamburg – Madrid 21.03.2018 – Madrid – Marrakech – Madrid 23.03.2018 [...]
As presented on the website www.menosdesperdicio.es, the “Strategy More food, less waste” is an initiative of the previous Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Spain (MAPA), presented in 2013 to limit the losses and the waste of food and its impact on the environment.As part of this strategy, the whole society (producers, final consumers, [...]
On March 26, a visit was made to the Ferrovial sorting plant by several members of the Washing Train, Compliance and Direction Departments of Gate Gourmet. The objective was that the staff of the different departments involved in waste management could see the operation of the plant in situ and thus understand the treatment [...]
On March 21 a meeting took place at the Total Petrochemicals Iberica offices in Barcelona between Pere Fullana, Alba Bala and Aídem Civancik of ESCI-UPF, presenting the Life + Zero Cabin Waste project, and Alejandro Bartolomé and Antoni Guinovart of Total Petrochemicals Iberica, presenting the project Life EPS Sure. The Life EPS SURE project [...]
