Emirates highlights progress of inflight initiatives on World Environment Day 2022

Emirates highlights progress of inflight initiatives on World Environment Day 2022

The airline’s environmental strategy focuses on three areas: reducing emissions, consuming responsibly, and preserving wildlife and habitats.

When it comes to inflight product and service development, an in-house team of sustainability experts give their input from the early stages. Following the waste management hierarchy, the team’s approach prioritizes waste prevention and then products are assessed if they can be re-used. If not, it’s re-cycled and the last option is its responsible disposal.

Under this direction, plastic straws and stirrers were replaced with responsibly sourced paper and wooden alternatives. A customer favourite, Emirates’ cosy sustainable blankets in Economy Class are made from 28 recycled plastic bottles each. By the end of this year, Emirates will have saved 150 million single-use plastic items from landfill from these initiatives.

Emirates’ new Economy Class amenity kits introduced this year were also put through sustainability reviews before they were launched on board. These reusable kits are made from washable kraft paper and contain durable travel essentials made from environmentally friendly materials. The packaging used for the dental kit, socks and eyeshades are made from 90 per cent rice paper. The toothbrush is made from a combination of wheat straw and plastic, and the socks and eyeshades are made