CLARK FREEPORT – Cebu Pacific will start its total phase out of in-flight plastic utensils including spoon, pork and cups, as part of its environment-friendly advocacy in both domestic and international flights, a key official announced Wednesday.
“The project is part of CEB’s advocacy to protect our environment,” said Charo Logarta Lagamon, Corporate Communications director of CEB, during the August edition of Talk Widus, a regular forum hosted by the Pampanga Press Club in cooperation with Widus Hotel and Casino here.
Logarta-Lagamon, who was accompanied by Charles Lim, CEB’s public relations man, during the monthly “Kapihan”, said non-recyclable plastic spoons, forks, stirrers and cups will be replaced with sustainable alternatives on all its domestic and international flights starting October 1, 2018.
The shift to eco-friendly utensils for inflight meals and refreshments is part of initiatives by the airline to push for sustainability and reduction of inflight waste. It will also cover flights mounted by subsidiary Cebgo.
On the average, the Cebu Pacific group mounts about 400 flights daily across 37 domestic and 26 international destinations. Those flights use approximately 18,500 pieces of plastic spoons and forks, plastic cups, and plastic stirrers daily.
The change to eco-friendly utensils for inflight catering is just the latest in environmental initiatives that Cebu Pacific is integrating into its operations and core strategy.
She said CEB will also be coming out with a new set of in-flight menu where major delicacies from different places would be included, including Pampanga’s famous “sisig”.
Dubbed as “Juan Effect”, Logarta-Lagamon said the project would be implemented on Oct 1 this year. She said part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) is information campaign to increase the level of awareness of people in tourist destinations in the country.
“Our pilot project will be launched in Siargao, a resort island in Surigao del Norte, where we will be joined by Department of Tourism,” said Logarta-Lagamon adding that the objective is to protect the environment for a sustainable tourism industry.