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"When passengers board an Alaska Airlines flight, most don't know it but that
plane is lighter than other Boeing 737s or Airbus A320s, according to the
airline.
That's because during the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline used the slowdown in
travel to develop, test and introduce new products to replace plastics on
board.
Gone are plastic water bottles and plastic cups. Lighter alternatives are being
used. Food containers have been redesigned. It not only allows the airline to
cut the use of plastics, which can take over 400 years to decompose in the
environment, but the airline says less weight onboard means it is burning less
fuel, saving money and reducing carbon output.
Airlines and plane manufacturers have a fairly new and very honed focus on
going green. United Airlines is promising to go carbon neutral by 2050. Alaska
Airlines says it will go carbon neutral by 2040. Other airlines promise to pay
to offset their carbon output."
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
