London Luton Airport (LLA) and waste management company, Cawleys, have won the Green World Environment Award for Environmental Best Practice. The award was presented in recognition of an innovative partnership that has helped the airport to increase its recycling rate from 49% to 80%.

LLA and Cawleys were recognised by the judges for their ‘joint commitment to continuous improvement, a shared vision and determination to make a difference’.

Chris Gibbons, Head of Estates at London Luton Airport commented: “This award is fantastic recognition of our hard work and determination to improve. Working with Cawleys has many advantages. These include having an on-site manager who engages with our 43 concessions, which has made a huge difference to their approach to recycling, as well as detailed reporting which is helping to inform future recycling-related planning and decision making across the airport.”

Phil Gudgeon Managing Director, Cawleys said: “We are delighted to win this award based on our fantastic partnership with London Luton Airport: “Working together since 2021 we have implemented a variety of innovative solutions to meet the airport’s specific waste targets, which has led to a significant increase in their recycling, a cultural shift in attitudes to recycling, zero waste to landfill and unique charity partnerships to redistribute and reuse confiscated and unclaimed items.”

To learn about the progress London Luton Airport is making across its sustainability programme please click here 

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About London Luton Airport

London Luton Airport (LLA) is one of the UK’s busiest airports, carrying over 16.2 million passengers in 2023.

The airport is operated by a consortium, of which the majority shareholder is AENA, the world’s largest airport operator, and InfraBridge, a leading infrastructure investment manager. Airlines include easyJet, Wizz Air, Ryanair, Tui, FlyOne, Sun Express and El Al.

The Luton Airport Express is a new dedicated train service that allows passengers to travel from central London to the LLA terminal in around 30 minutes. The Luton Airport Express runs from St Pancras International to Luton Airport Parkway station and connects seamlessly with the DART, an electrically powered people mover that connects to the airport terminal in less than four minutes.

In 2023, LLA was named the UK’s best airport by readers of the prestigious Condé Nast Traveller magazine. 

Last year, LLA also became only the third major UK airport to achieve Level 4 of the globally recognised Airport Carbon Accreditation scheme, demonstrating that it is ‘transforming its operations to achieve carbon reductions in line with global climate goals’. With a maximum score of 100 and a five-star rating, LLA has been ranked as a sector leader for two consecutive years in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) benchmark of sustainability governance management and performance of major infrastructure assets worldwide.

Further information on London Luton Airport can be found here: https://www.london-luton.co.uk/

Luton Rising has submitted a Development Consent Order application seeking the sustainable long-term growth of the airport to a new capacity of 32 million passengers a year by the mid-2040s, making best use of the existing runway and including a second terminal, associated infrastructure and Green Controlled Framework.

About Cawleys
Cawleys is one of the UK’s leading waste and resource recycling companies. The company ethos is ‘local recycling, global responsibility’ and the company celebrated its 75th anniversary in business in 2022.
From its headquarters in Luton, Cawleys provides waste management services across England for thousands of organisations from the smallest local businesses to the largest corporate estates.

Cawleys has a history of innovation and is leading the way in pioneering technology to transform waste into active resources. One such initiative is the recycling of automotive and industrial lithium batteries; Cawleys has pioneered this service in the UK and has been instrumental in working with leading global automotive manufacturing brands to provide a full-circle sustainable solution for used lithium batteries. 
Cawleys was also the first company in the UK to provide a specialist food waste recycling service to anaerobic digestion and has won numerous awards for its recycling best practice.  Specialist services include hazardous and liquid waste disposal, WEEE recycling, Vegware composting, coffee cup recycling and confidential shredding.

About the Green World Awards
The Green World Awards are organised by The Green Organisation, an international, independent, non-political, non-profit environment group that began in 1994, dedicated to recognising, rewarding and promoting environmental best practice around the world.

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