PANAJI: Goa, along with 34 other airports operated by the airports authority of India including Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, completed an entire year single-use plastic free terminals.

These airports were declared as single-use plastic free airport terminals in January 2019 and as on date, the number of airports where single use plastics are banned has increased to touch 85, said AAI officials.

Various steps were undertaken to eliminate the single-use plastic items at passenger terminals and city side of AAI-run airports. These steps include banning of single-use plastic items like straws, plastic cutleries, plastic plates etc. and switching over to other packaging alternatives and replacements, said AAI.

Goa airport director Gagan Malik requested the proactive cooperation of all stakeholders in making the mission successful.

AAI has also enhanced its waste management systems and is promoting the use of eco-friendly sustainable alternatives progressively like use of bio-degradable garbage bags in the garbage bins and installation of plastic bottle crushing machine at airports, said Malik.

