Recycling Program Overview
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is proud to announce the launch of its new recycling program and its goal is to develop one of the largest such programs in the Southeast.
GreenSortATL
The Airport generates nearly 70 tons of paper, plastic, food and other trash daily. To optimize the recycling of all this material, a new one-stop drop recycling program for all recyclables and all trash has been developed for Hartsfield-Jackson.
GreenSortATL eliminates the need for separate containers for each type of material. Under the new program, all waste goes into the same container and is taken to a material recovery facility, where it is sorted and recycled. The recyclable material is sent for recycling, and the rest is sent to a landfill.
For passengers, recycling at the world’s busiest airport has never been easier. Simply by discarding all trash into one of the many receptacles throughout the Airport, passengers are contributing to the recycling effort and saving landfill space. The Airport’s businesses and employees will follow the same procedure..
About the program
Atlanta Airlines Terminal Corp. (AATC), the Airport’s facility management company, manages the new recycling program. Solid-waste handling company Waste Pro USA transports the waste via alternatively fueled trucks to a recycling facility, where it is sorted.
Goal
The Airport will reduce the amount of trash it sends to landfills by 50 percent within the first year of the program — and by 70 percent by the end of the second year.