http://www.triplepundit.com/2006/12/trashy-travel/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2006/12/trashy-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-14381 Pablo Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:56:03 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2006/12/trashy-travel/#comment-14381 What gets me is that, even if they had the will to recycle their plastic cups, they can't because they are made out of Polystyrene (PS), which is not recycled in most states including California. I usually ask for just the can. That way I avoid the cup, the excessive amounts of filthy ice (there are studies about how bad the ice on airplanes is), and I get twice as much drink... What gets me is that, even if they had the will to recycle their plastic cups, they can’t because they are made out of Polystyrene (PS), which is not recycled in most states including California. I usually ask for just the can. That way I avoid the cup, the excessive amounts of filthy ice (there are studies about how bad the ice on airplanes is), and I get twice as much drink…

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2006/12/trashy-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-14380 Nick Aster Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:02:29 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2006/12/trashy-travel/#comment-14380 A long time ago I concieved of an invention that would be modeled after this wall side can crusher - [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Mount-Steel-Can-Crusher/dp/B0000ZKWAI" rel="nofollow">SEE PHOTO HERE</a>]. The difference would be you could mount it on the galley cart that the flight attendants push along and be operated by foot. They drop the cans in and push a pedal and the cans get collected in the bottom. Thing is, I figured it would barely be cost effective in pure bottom dollar language, but perhaps someone could make it work. A long time ago I concieved of an invention that would be modeled after this wall side can crusher – [SEE PHOTO HERE].
The difference would be you could mount it on the galley cart that the flight attendants push along and be operated by foot. They drop the cans in and push a pedal and the cans get collected in the bottom. Thing is, I figured it would barely be cost effective in pure bottom dollar language, but perhaps someone could make it work.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2006/12/trashy-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-14379 Michael Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:36:07 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2006/12/trashy-travel/#comment-14379 Some airline I was on recently - it may have been America West - offered only a small selection of soft drinks which were poured from 2-liter bottles. That strategy is probably a cost-cutting move (less soda per passenger) but it would also explain an absence of cans. Of course, they probably tossed the plastic bottles into the trash... Some airline I was on recently – it may have been America West – offered only a small selection of soft drinks which were poured from 2-liter bottles. That strategy is probably a cost-cutting move (less soda per passenger) but it would also explain an absence of cans. Of course, they probably tossed the plastic bottles into the trash…

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2006/12/trashy-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-14378 Sarah Feinstein Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:40:02 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2006/12/trashy-travel/#comment-14378 You got me curious Sam about which airlines are recycling, but what I found out wasn't especially impressive. Southwest Airlines recycles aluminum cans. Alaska Airlines separates out cans, but leaves it up to the caterers to take it from there. America West Airlines mysteriously has a "low quantity" of cans, so a recycling program is not necessary. Some companies have a hard time because the caterers don't support recycling while others mention the lack of recycling at the airports. It seems as if the airlines have enough pull that they could persuade the powers that be or bypass the use of cans with a soda fountain. You got me curious Sam about which airlines are recycling, but what I found out wasn’t especially impressive.
Southwest Airlines recycles aluminum cans. Alaska Airlines separates out cans, but leaves it up to the caterers to take it from there. America West Airlines mysteriously has a “low quantity” of cans, so a recycling program is not necessary.
Some companies have a hard time because the caterers don’t support recycling while others mention the lack of recycling at the airports. It seems as if the airlines have enough pull that they could persuade the powers that be or bypass the use of cans with a soda fountain.

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