The friendly plastic airport bio bag
Passengers at Glasgow Airport will be able to store their liquids in a new biodegradable security bag, writes Alison Rennie.
The owner of the Paisley transport hub, AGS Airports Ltd, has become the first UK airport group to trial the OxoBiodegradable 100ml bag.
It means the airport will remove more than two million single-use plastic bags each year across the group.
The technology involved in making the bag means it will degrade between 17 and 24 months down to a natural bio-mass rather than into micro-plastics which can damage sea life.
Mark Johnston, chief operating officer at AGS Airports Ltd, said:“We are proud to be the first group to trial these new Oxo-Biodegradable security bags, which will significantly reduce single-use plastic consumption across our three airports.
“Finding a suitable alternative that met both our security and operational requirements while retaining the necessary resilience the bags require was a challenge, so we’re really pleased to be able to trial a product that can not only be re-used and recycled, but also provides our passengers with the assurance that they are also supporting our efforts to support the environment.”
The switch to OxoBiodegradable security bags is the latest initiative introduced to help reduce AGS Airports Ltd’s carbon footprint.
Last year, Glasgow became the first airport to introduce a fleet of three Scottish-built full electric buses to its operation and invested more than £200,000 to on eight petrol/electric plug-in hybrid vehicles.
The Oxo-Biodegradable plastic bags have been introduced in partnership with Enviro-Point, a subsidiary of airport service company Luggage-Point.
Its chief executive Graeme Stewart said:“Despite the challenges facing aviation, it is vital that we do not lose sight of environmental issues and AGS has demonstrated, positive changes can still be made during this difficult time.”