Environmental Aspects of Inflight Waste Management

<div class="htmlview paragraph">A new inflight waste management system has been developed for commercial aircraft that enables on-board personnel to collect and source-separate waste and recyclable fractions using a compartmentalized trolley. The trolley is then inserted into a galley-based, high force compactor. A microprocessor controls a hydraulic carriage assembly that automatically shuttles on rails over each of three bins within the trolley, and contents are compacted.</div> <div class="htmlview paragraph">This space saving compaction technology maintains the benefits of inflight compaction, reduces inflight and ground waste handling and processing time, and promotes or expands recycling programs.</div>