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This resource looks at the environmental issues that affect the air transport industry in general and Manchester Airport in particular... Read more

Water Quality

How can air travel affect the quality of local water and how is it measured?

Aviation and the environment

Prof Callum Thomas, Professor of Sustainable Aviation at CATE, the Centre for Air Transport and the Environment, on the relationship between the aviation industry
and the environment.

Noise monitoring

What impact does aircraft noise have on the environment and how is it monitored?

Ground transport

Encouraging sustainable travel

Air Quality

What is air quality and how is it monitored?

How does the airport safeguard its landscape, ecology and cultural heritage?

Waste
management

Why is it important for the airport to reduce the amount of waste it produces?