HYDERABAD AIRPORT IS FIRST IN INDIA TO OFFER RECYCLING CRUSHING MACHINES TO PASSENGERS
November 1st, 2017
RAJIV Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad, has become India’s first airport to install waste recycling machines. In a pilot project, the machines have been installed to crush plastic bottles, steel and aluminium cans, plus plastic bags, said operator GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. India-based recycler Wild West Media has installed two machines, which passengers will be encouraged to use via airport’s ‘#PassengerisPrime’ programme. It involves passengers being offered a discount coupon in return for returning bottles, bags and cans to ...
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