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JetBlue upcycling old uniforms

04/22/15

JetBlue switched to a new uniform last year, but found an eco-way to keep all the old, worn and never-worn crew uniforms out of landfills. The solution: upcycling. JetBlue joined up with Manhattan Portage, the company that first popularized and continues to make iconic New York City bicycle messenger bags and this week (just in →

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Bye-Bye Burning Man & all that garbage

08/31/14

Bye-Bye Burning Man and all that garbage. →

Air France turning old uniforms into car insulation

02/06/13

At airports and on airlines, green is in and getting “inner.” Airports are installing solar farms and wind turbines and getting serious about recycling food waste and other materials generated inside the terminals. Airlines are rolling out in-flight recycling programs and having flight attendants separate the trash they collect as they go up and down →

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Airports and airlines recycle some surprising stuff

05/13/10

For my At the Airport column in USATODAY.com this month I offered a fun round-up of items being recycled by airports and airlines in an effort to be help save the earth and, in some cases, to save some serious money. You can read the full column, For airports and airlines, creative recyling brings cost →

Souvenir Sunday: Virgin hot air balloons and Eurostar uniforms

05/09/10

While researching a story about recycling efforts by airlines and airports, I came across Worn Again, a London company that made a line of small bags and jackets out of a decommissioned Virgin hot air balloon (you can order items in any color, as long as its red). Worn Again also makes a variety of →

Lots of garbage at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

04/22/10

I prepared for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by spending the afternoon with garbage at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). First up: an exhibit featuring artwork by Dorothy Rissman made from trash she found on city streets, construction sites and beaches. Next: an introduction to the airport’s six pair of shiny new, computer-monitored trash compactors, →

Jacksonville Airport feeds zoo animals

03/30/10

Recycling is all the rage at airports these days. Colored bins marked glass, paper and trash are lined up in most gate areas. Used cooking oil from many food courts is transformed into fuel. And at airports in Seattle and Portland, composted coffee grounds become part of the landscaping. Now the Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) →

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Win prizes for getting caught recycling at Denver Int’l Airport

11/16/09

All this week, Denver International Airport (DEN) is rewarding passengers who get “caught” recycling with gift certificates for airport shops and restaurants. The promotion is in honor of America Recycle Days, which officially took place on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. The promotion runs from today (Mon. 11/16/09) through Friday (11/20/09) and the way to win →

Atlanta Airport goes green for America Recycles Day

11/13/09

Airports all over the country have on-site recycling programs. My home airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), in fact, just won an award for the recycling efforts of the airport’s concessions, which recycle, re-use and compost everything from cardboard to coffee grounds and donate enough food to area food banks to feed more than 8,000 families →

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(ANA) All Nippon Airways’ flush-before-you-fly program.

10/09/09

I was pretty sure the story about ANA (All Nippon Airways) asking passengers to pee before boarding – to help lighten the airplane’s, uh, load – was an offhand joke that went viral. Especially when I couldn’t find anything about the campaign on the airline’s Web site. But that was just because I can’t read →

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