TWO reverse vending machines have been installed at Glasgow Airport as part of a pilot project to encourage staff and passengers to recycle more of their cans and bottles.
The machines, which can each accept 320 plastic bottles and 650 cans, have been introduced in partnership with the airport’s waste management partner Biffa.
The launch coincides with the COP26 summit being held in the city, as well as in preparation for the launch of the Scottish Government’s deposit return scheme (DRS).
As part of the initiative, the airport has agreed to donate 5p for each bottle or can deposited during the four-week trial to an environmental charity or project.
Carla Brian, senior commercial development manager at Biffa, said, “We are delighted to be partnering with Glasgow Airport to install two reverse vending machines during a time where sustainability is rightly at the forefront of the agenda.
“By providing the public with an engaging way to deposit their plastic bottles and cans, we can ensure these bottles are recycled through our state-of-the-art facilities, being put back into the circular economy to be reused, supporting Scotland’s vision of a greener future as it prepares to introduce the deposit return scheme.
“RVMs will be a key part of the infrastructure of the deposit return scheme operated by Circularity Scotland Ltd, while increasing recycling rates forms part of our wider sustainability strategy, with an aim to quadruple our UK plastic recycling capacity by 2030.”
