{"id":162,"date":"2013-07-02T11:46:13","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T10:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/?p=162"},"modified":"2018-01-03T13:41:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T12:41:31","slug":"1st-july-2013-john-thain-stansted-airport-working-together-for-a-sustainable-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2013\/07\/02\/1st-july-2013-john-thain-stansted-airport-working-together-for-a-sustainable-future\/","title":{"rendered":"1st July 2013 &#8211; John Thain: Stansted Airport &#8211; Working together for a sustainable future"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-163\" src=\"\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-003.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Thain and IPP Anne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">On Monday 1<sup>st<\/sup> July, 15 members of SI Hertford and District enjoyed an informative and thought provoking presentation given by John Thain, Environment Standards manager at Stansted Airport.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Stansted Airport was purchased by Manchester Airport Group (MAG) for 1.5 billion in February 2013. MAG is working towards a sustainable future, where Stansted Airport becomes London\u2019s \u2018best\u2019 airport.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Passenger numbers have fallen from their peak of 24 million (2005) to 17 million. However, Stansted Airport has the capacity to cope with double that number, whilst using the existing single runway.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">The green challenge is to balance the needs of the aviation industry, HM government and environment groups. Issues under scrutiny include fuel storage; greater crested newts; waste management; air and noise pollution. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aircraft noise has fallen by 35% and aviation fuel is now 70% more efficient, which leads to a reduction in CO2 emissions.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Fixed Electrical Ground Power (FEGP) is a particularly interesting development. Power is provided directly to the plane, while it is standing at the gate. The aircraft engines are turned off at this time, reducing both noise and air pollution.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Waste management and recycling has improved from 26.3% (2008) to 54% (2010), with the target being 70% by 2020. Food waste has been composted for the past 3 years.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">John then answered questions regarding flight paths over our area; car parking; passport control and security at the airport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-164\" src=\"\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-004-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-004-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-004.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday 1st July, 15 members of SI Hertford and District enjoyed an informative and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive-2013"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>1st July 2013 - John Thain: Stansted Airport - Working together for a sustainable future | News | Blog | Events | SI Hertford and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Hertford and District : Blog &amp; News : 1st July 2013 - John Thain: Stansted Airport - Working together for a sustainable future : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Hertford and District . 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