Referring to this, DIAL Chief Executive Officer Videh Kumar Jaipuriar said that their objective is to make the Delhi airport free from single-use plastic in line with the Indian PM’s vision to abolish all single-use plastic from India by 2022, and that DIAL is committed to preserve the environment and do its bit.
As per records, Delhi airport was the first-ever Indian airport to make ‘single-use plastic-free’ commitment in 2019. The airport committed itself to this cause in September 2018, following the Environment Day theme of Beat Plastic Pollution.
However, some of the plastic items that were exempt from the list of banned items include sealed PET bottles, security tamper-evident bags, compostable plastic bags, and pre-packaged materials from manufacturers that are meant for sale.
Delhi Airport is a leading Indian airport both in terms of cargo and passenger-carrying capabilities, and also handles annual traffic of around 68.5 million passengers per annum. In 2019, it created a new record and grabbed the 12th spot for being the busiest airport in the world.
Since India is the fastest-growing aviation market in the world, implementing such environmental-friendly measures is also quite a task. With Delhi’s IGI Airport now setting an example, it’s expected that other Indian airports will also follow suit in the coming days.
