On February 19th, Iberia welcomed Air Nostrum at its facilities in La Muñoza to present them the new waste bin developed by the Zero Cabin Waste for the selective collection of waste on board. Air Nostrum, an Iberia Group’s airline, is involved in several projects to reduce the environmental impact of its operation, being one [...]

Catering waste generated on European flights is considered Category 3 material, according to Regulation No 1069/2009 (Animal by-products Regulation). This waste can be managed like the organic waste that we produce in our homes, since it doesn’t represent a risk to health. The organic matter and other non-recyclable waste generated by the catering activity, [...]

On January 30 a new follow-up meeting of the project took placed, attended by representatives from Iberia, Gate Gourmet, Ecoembes, Ferrrovial and ESCI –UPF, the latter through video call. This meeting was convened with a double objective; get to know the new team of Ferrovial and review the progress made in the last month [...]

Last January, an article on the LIFE Zero Cabin Waste project was published in Ronda magazine of Iberia, on page 84. This publication is available in more than 7.400 domestic, European and international flights of Iberia, reaching out 1,649,477 passengers. The article was published in Spanish and English and this was its content: We [...]

On October 2018 began the selective collection on board in domestic and European flights of Iberia. Specifically, the separation was implemented in 20 daily flights, to be progressively extended to all flights. Periodically characterizations of the waste collected in these flights are carried out to monitor the quality of the separation on board. The [...]

One of the monitoring indicators of the project is the amount of waste generated in Gate Gourmet facilities during the year. The waste comes from the activity of the catering and flights and is deposited in the area of compactors, differentiating four different kind waste: Category 1: Waste that comes from non-European international [...]

In January 25th, within the International Tourism Fair, FITUR, which took place in Madrid from January 23rd to 27th, the event “Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, pautas para la acción” – Sustainable Development Goals, guidelines for action- was held by the Spanish global Compact Network and in which Iberia had the opportunity to present the [...]

The packaging waste collected in the flights with separation on board and those generated by the catering activity itself, are introduced together in a 20m3 capacity compactor in Gate Gourmet facilities.Periodically, a characterization of this compactor is carried out to check the quality of this waste. That is, a composition study of a representative sample [...]

Thanks to this website, created to disseminate the Zero Cabin Waste Project, it is shown the progress made in the context of the project week by week, the impact on the press as well as different dissemination materials and presentations are available.  In 2018, 52 news were published on the web and more than 40 [...]

On October 9, waste selective collection was implemented in Iberia’s domestic and European flights. The new Two-compartments Waste Trolley allows to sort the recyclable waste (packaging and paper –cardboard) and the non-recyclable waste.After two months of implementation, the waste of more than 125 domestic and European flights has been analyzed in Gate Gourmet facilities. More [...]