American Airlines partners with BioNatur Plastics to reduce plastic waste equal to 6.4 million water bottles

American Airlines Cargo has started replacing its current plastic products with the biodegradable BioNatur brand to reduce its long-term plastic waste in landfills by over130,000 lbs. or 6.4 million water bottles.

While regular plastic can take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade in a landfill, BioNatur plastics will biodegrade in only 5 to 10 years.

The end products are fully recyclable in normal waste collection streams. Also, with its added strength, the plastics can be used in thinner amounts – thus minimizing the quantity of plastic use overall.

BioNatur Plastics is manufactured with a 1% load of an organic, food-safe proprietary additive that allows anaerobic bacteria to digest the plastic in a landfill. Outside of a landfill, the plastic has an indefinite shelf life and performs exactly like traditional plastic products.

According to Greg Schwendinger, President of American Airlines Cargo, replacing their cargo-use plastic products with BioNatur Plastics drastically reduces the waste they leave behind and is an important step in their goal toward a more sustainable future.