<p>Thiruvananthapuram: The international airport has received the zero waste to landfill (ZWL) accolade by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII-ITC) Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, the TIAL said.</p>.<p>The Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Ltd (TIAL) in a release, has claimed that it was the first airport in the country to receive this 'prestigious recognition'.</p>.6 flights diverted after lightning strike impacts Goa airport runway.<p>"The ZWL assessment verified that Thiruvananthapuram International Airport has implemented the best waste management practices and achieved a 99.50 per cent waste diversion from landfill.</p>.<p>"The airport has successfully diverted 100 per cent of plastic waste and 100 per cent of MSW waste (wet and dry)," the TIAL release said.</p>.<p>The airport achieved recognition by integrating a robust value chain system and adopting the 5R principles of reduce, reuse, reprocess, recycle and recover of Sustainable Waste Management.</p>.<p>The assessment of ZWL practices at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, was conducted for the financial year 2022-2023, it said.</p>.<p>It further said that the main sources of waste generation at the airport were paper waste, cutlery waste, food waste and road waste, which contributed majorly to the municipal solid waste.</p>.<p>The airport has an environment and sustainability team working on environmental management. Besides that, TIAL also said that the airport has a waste management system that follows the ISO 14001:2015 standard, which aims to improve environmental performance and reduce waste-based cradle-to-cradle principle.</p>.<p>"The system involves waste segregation, recycling, monitoring, and reduction, as well as an Environmental Management System (EMS) that sets and evaluates environmental goals.</p>.<p>"The airport has established well demarcated sites for the collection of segregated waste and transferring it to the recycling yard and recovery facility," the release said. </p>
<p>Thiruvananthapuram: The international airport has received the zero waste to landfill (ZWL) accolade by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII-ITC) Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, the TIAL said.</p>.<p>The Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Ltd (TIAL) in a release, has claimed that it was the first airport in the country to receive this 'prestigious recognition'.</p>.6 flights diverted after lightning strike impacts Goa airport runway.<p>"The ZWL assessment verified that Thiruvananthapuram International Airport has implemented the best waste management practices and achieved a 99.50 per cent waste diversion from landfill.</p>.<p>"The airport has successfully diverted 100 per cent of plastic waste and 100 per cent of MSW waste (wet and dry)," the TIAL release said.</p>.<p>The airport achieved recognition by integrating a robust value chain system and adopting the 5R principles of reduce, reuse, reprocess, recycle and recover of Sustainable Waste Management.</p>.<p>The assessment of ZWL practices at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, was conducted for the financial year 2022-2023, it said.</p>.<p>It further said that the main sources of waste generation at the airport were paper waste, cutlery waste, food waste and road waste, which contributed majorly to the municipal solid waste.</p>.<p>The airport has an environment and sustainability team working on environmental management. Besides that, TIAL also said that the airport has a waste management system that follows the ISO 14001:2015 standard, which aims to improve environmental performance and reduce waste-based cradle-to-cradle principle.</p>.<p>"The system involves waste segregation, recycling, monitoring, and reduction, as well as an Environmental Management System (EMS) that sets and evaluates environmental goals.</p>.<p>"The airport has established well demarcated sites for the collection of segregated waste and transferring it to the recycling yard and recovery facility," the release said. </p>