Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) announces the installation of Reverse Vending Machines (RVM) to encourage passengers and the airport community to recycle plastic bottles. This new addition will facilitate CSMIA’s commitment of incorporating sustainability and achieving zero waste to landfill by reducing and recycling waste.
Set into two phases, in Phase I of the project three RVMs have been installed at Terminal 2 and three more will be installed at Terminal 1 in the second phase. The machine, each which has the compress 450 bottles per hour and can compress about 70% of the waste. The RVMs will help reduce carbon emissions by approximately 125 tCO2e annually, with about 85 tons of allowed PET water bottle waste being recycled.
Speaking about the installation, CSMIA’s spokesperson said, “As a global airport, over the years we have implemented various path-breaking green initiatives be it with regards to carbon neutrality, utilization of solar energy, recycling waste and generating organic compost, releasing a sustainability report as per the GRI standards, among many such initiatives. Having already initiated a plastic ban in 2019, installation of RVMs is an addition to aid in reduction of resource consumption, waste reduction, indirect carbon emissions, and every action in our fight against Zero Landfill Waste.”
