When traveling, passengers often stop at various shops and restaurants along the concourse and purchase gifts, food items and other travel essentials. Inevitably, doing so produces an amount of waste materials, much of which can be recycled in RDU's terminals. Items such as those listed below are accepted in RDU recycling bins:
- Paper straw wrappers
- Receipts
- Paper sacks
- Unused napkins
- Plastic bottles
- Glass
- Clear plastic cups
- Most paper, including newspapers and magazines
- Cardboard
Energy Use
In an effort to improve safety and decrease the airport's energy costs and usage, the Airport Authority is in the middle of a nearly $10 million project to replace the airport's airfield lighting system, which currently uses traditional bulbs, with LEDs. Read the article. LED technology is also being tested for possible future uses at other areas of the airport.
Reducing energy use was also considered in the Terminal 2 project. The building features glass that has been outfitted with special material that allows daylight to help illuminate the building's interior while keeping out UV rays that can damage materials in the building. The terminal also has an automated lighting system that reduces the level of artificial light in the building on bright days and increases it on cloudy ones.
Water Conservation
On the airport grounds, storm water runoff from the airfield and airport roadways and parking facilities is collected and stored to aid in irrigation for landscaping around RDU. Nearly 85 percent of irrigation comes from runoff as well as natural sources such as ponds on the airport's property. |
