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TRAVEL RETAIL SUSTAINABILITY FORUM (TRSF) Dubai Airport makes bold plastic pledge of its own
In this month’s Travel Retail Sustainability Forum (TRSF) column, Dubai Airports’ EVP, Commercial, Eugene Barry tells Charlotte Turner how the company hopes to fulfil its own pledge to ban all single-use plastics – from consumer spaces – at Dubai International Airport by 2020.
hospitality partners,” Eugene Barry, Dubai Airports EVP Commercial, tells TRBusiness. “Already great steps are being
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n June of this year, Dubai Airports made a bold statement – quite literally – in a press release
outlining its intentions to ban single-use plastics from consumer spaces at the world’s busiest international airport (DXB) effective 1 January, 2020. Although no one can doubt its
courageous spirit, TRBusiness wonders if this is actually achievable in the time frame. “It is a very ambitious pledge,
but we believe it is something we have a responsibility to do at Dubai Airports, in close collaboration with our concession and
taken to reduce availability and usage of single-use plastics within the airport. Some of our largest partners have even brought forward the implementation of their global sustainability strategies, to be able to fulfil their side of the promise.” This is by no means the start
of Dubai Airports’ journey to reducing its environmental impacts on the planet and according to its website, every year it recycles over 43,000 tonnes of paper, glass and other waste. In addition, over the past six months
alone, Dubai Airports collected and disposed of 16 tonnes of single-use plastic bottles and bottle caps; a huge
An introduction to our TRSF ambassadors
Over the next few months, you will be hearing more from our sustainability experts and partners who will be laying down the facts, offering advice and explaining some of the more complex environmental impacts to our planet in addition to some of the solutions which can be found.
Tell our readers who you are and what qualifies you as a sustainability ambassador? Simon Best, VP Innovations, DFI: At DFI we use market intelligence and research findings to develop sustainable solutions that have a demonstrable effect on sales in travel retail while reducing the impact TR has on the environment. Our flagship product is a sustainable Travel Bag that is
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made from recycled PET bottles. DFI works closely with our manufacturers to ensure that the sustainable credentials of our products are impeccable. Our carefully selected suppliers
are at the very forefront of sustainable packaging production and development, and we work closely with their experts to ensure we are doing the best for the environment, our clients and their customers.
[DFI is co-founder of the TR Plastic Pledge and TRSF.]
Dubai Airport has pledged to ban all single-use plastics – from consumer spaces – at Dubai International Airport by 2020.
achievement in itself. TRBusiness asks Barry how it is able to facilitate such a large-scale recycling process. “The ban on single-use plastics is
an initiative we have prioritised in 2019 due to a number of reasons and in turn, we support our partners with the infrastructure required to handle recyclable materials. “The majority of the single-use
plastic bottles and caps generated within the airport come from two main sources; the first being from the hospitality and retail outlets and
“Some of our largest partners have even brought forward the implementation of their global sustainability strategies, to be able to fulfil their side of the promise.”
Eugene Barry, EVP Commercial, Dubai Airports
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