Touchdown for airline trash: Behind the scenes at Gatwick's new waste management plant

Madeleine Cuff
clock • 5 min read

BusinesssGreen takes a tour of the airport's new recycling and biomass energy centre, the first of its kind to process overseas food waste on-site

Everyone knows airline food doesn't have the best reputation. But although you may have spent many a long-haul flight wondering why it always tastes so bland and rubbery, have you ever considered what...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Recycling

'Take it to Timpson': MusicMagpie and Timpson team up for new smartphone takeback service

'Take it to Timpson': MusicMagpie and Timpson team up for new smartphone takeback service

New service aims to make it easier for people to trade in old smartphones, allowing them to receive payment in minutes

James Murray
clock 20 January 2026 • 3 min read
Rare-earth magnet recycling facility opens in Birmingham

Rare-earth magnet recycling facility opens in Birmingham

New recycling facility commissioned by University of Birmingham can recover earth alloys and process them into new magnets for electric motors

James Murray
clock 16 January 2026 • 4 min read
How Kingspan turned a billion recycled PET bottles into 'springboard' for sustainability

How Kingspan turned a billion recycled PET bottles into 'springboard' for sustainability

Kingspan’s head of sustainability, Holly Loughman, reflects on how the company achieved an ambitious circularity target ahead of schedule

Stuart Stone
clock 15 January 2026 • 8 min read