Gatwick

'Reckless failure': Thames Water hit with £3.3m fine over Gatwick river pollution

Biodiversity

'Reckless failure': Thames Water hit with £3.3m fine over Gatwick river pollution

Raw sewage pumped into the Gatwick Stream and River Mole in East Sussex is thought to have killed thousands of fish

clock 04 July 2023 • 4 min read

Aviation

Campaigners vow to oppose Gatwick Aiport's 'stealth' second runway following shareholder approval of plans

As Gatwick kicks off planning permission process for plans to convert an emergency runway into functioning second runway, campaigners accuse airport off being 'disengenuous' by understating scale of upgrade

clock 05 January 2021 • 3 min read

Waste

Starbucks to trial reusable coffee cup initiative at Gatwick Airport

Coffee chain teams up with environmental charity Hubbub in bid to prevent 7,000 disposable coffee cups from going to waste at the airport over the next month

clock 09 June 2019 • 2 min read

Recycling

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

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

clock 24 March 2017 • 5 min read
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