SUEZ Australia, a subsidiary of France-headed global waste management major SUEZ is supporting Australian airline Qantas Group in taking the first step in their ambitious waste reduction programme with the world’s first zero waste to landfill flight from Sydney to Adelaide. With support from SUEZ, all inflight products onboard Qantas Flight QF739 will be disposed of via compost, reuse or recycling.
The products on-board Qantas flight QF739 from Sydney to Adelaide will include compostable coffee cups, food containers, and cutlery. Qantas will remove unnecessary paper and single-use plastics (SUP) as well as composting food waste.
The recyclable products will be sorted and then sent for further re-processing to be created into new products.
SUEZ Australia and New Zealand’s Director of Marketing, Communications, National Key Accounts & Sustainability, Justin Frank, took part in the flight to Adelaide on May 8, 2019, and said that SUEZ is proud to be supporting Qantas in meeting their waste reduction targets.
SUEZ is very happy to see our partner Qantas take such an important step towards being a more sustainable operator and reducing their overall impact on the environment. SUEZ and Qantas have collaborated for over 15 years now and we’re looking forward to continuing to help them achieve their targets of diverting waste from landfill, using sustainable products and avoiding use altogether, said Justin Frank.
SUEZ is working with Qantas on other diversion and recycling measures throughout their operations, including head office and lounges to assist them with their waste reduction goals.
Marketing, Communications & National Key Accounts, SUEZ Australia; David Speirs, South Australian
Minister for Environment & Water; Andrew Parker, Executive Government & Environment, Qantas
Group and Gary Smith, CEO, BioPak (photo courtesy SUEZ).
