NEW DELHI: In the next five months, Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport will become the first in the country to be entirely free of single-use (disposable) plastic. The project covers all three terminals and the airside portion of the airport.
The initiative, in line with India’s pledge to eliminate all single-use plastic by 2022, will be replicated in other airports as well.
IGIA currently doesn’t allow the use of plastic for grocery bags, food packaging, bottles, straws, containers, cups and cutlery, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) officials said. Outlets in its terminals have replaced single-use plastic with paper and bio-based compostable materials.
