Airline Catering Association
The Airline Catering Association (ACA), based in Brussels , Belgium , is a global industry association of companies in the airline catering industry. The international non-profit organization represents and promotes the common interests of the airline catering industry. The ACA focuses in particular on legal, food quality and safety-related, tax and environmental issues.
| Airline Catering Association | |
|---|---|
| legal form | international industry association |
| founding | February 12, 2018 |
| Seat | Brussels |
| Branch | Airline catering |
| Website | https://www.aca.catering/ |
history
The Airline Catering Association was founded in February 2018 by five major airline catering companies, these are as follows: DO & CO , Dnata , Gategroup , LSG Sky Chefs and Newrest . The association focuses on regulatory challenges in the European Union . In the medium term, the association is also concentrating on expanding the global reach of its activities and initiatives.
priorities
EU ban on disposable plastic products
In October 2018, the European Parliament voted for a ban on the sale of single-use plastic particles until 2021. According to this, single-use plastic products such as plates , cutlery and straws are to be banned until 2021. Airlines and catering services use single-use plastic products on board of passenger aircraft because of their low cost, light weight and ease of use.
According to the currently applicable European regulations for international kitchen waste (ICW), airlines must burn all kitchen waste that comes outside the EU borders or dispose of it in a deep landfill to prevent disease. In addition, many supervisory authorities apply the precautionary principle and require that all kitchen waste is incinerated regardless of its origin, this also applies to flights within the EU. While the ACA is not against the new EU rules, it believes the rules will have little environmental benefit. The association also assumes that airlines would pass on the costs of replacing single-use plastics with sustainable or biodegradable materials to their passengers. The ACA is therefore planning to create a list of alternative materials to plastic that are suitable for use on board in terms of hygiene, high temperature resistance and storage on long-haul flights.
Members
The ACA consists of a total of five members, these are as follows:
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Five airline catering companies join forces to create new trade body. February 12, 2018, Retrieved February 28, 2019 (UK English).
- ↑ Airline Catering Association formed in Brussels. Retrieved February 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Airline caterers launch trade body, the Airline Catering Association | Cost Sector Catering. Retrieved February 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Disposable plastic products: Parliament votes for a ban from 2021 | News | European Parliament. October 24, 2018, accessed February 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Cathy Buyck: EU Plans To Ban Plastic Cutlery and Plates on Airliners. Accessed February 28, 2019 .