Avinor – Zero Waste Airport

Promote Use of Plastic-free Items

Encourage shops and restaurants to declare and highlight single-use plastic-free items in their offerings.

Improve waste staging areas with new and informative signs, painted walls, dedicated cleaning, and uplifting design.

Consider offering centralized collection and transport of waste, potentially handled by airport employees responsible for training and organization.

Introduce more waste fractions at recycling stations to enhance waste separation efforts.

Launch an open feedback form for employees to submit ideas for increasing circularity within the workplace.

Establish design waste stations within work areas to facilitate proper waste disposal.

Phase out single-use servings (cups/containers) in offices and work gatherings to reduce disposable waste.

Introduce food and plastic collection in all work areas, promoting recycling and waste reduction practices.

Set waste minimization requirements in contracts and establish routines for waste management information for new and existing non-commercial leases.

Provide professional assistance to commercial unit managers for optimizing waste collection in dining areas and maximizing source separation.