Learning from the airlines

Green America's Real green Newsletter (Winter 2010)has a scorecard for airlines. The airline industry generates enough recyclable waste thrown away to annually amount to 9,000 tons of plastic and 4,000 tons of aluminum. The newspapers and magazines thrown away are enough to fill a football stadium with a pile 230 feet tall. Here is the scorecard

Delta B-
Virgin America B-
Virgin Atlantic C
Southwest C
Continental D
Jet Blue D
American D
British Airways D
AirTran D
United F
US Airways F