Cabin Product Recycling Takes A Whole-Picture Approach

Linda Blachly January 19, 2023
Bag made from cabin materials

Southwest Airlines’ Repurpose with Purpose partner, Unshattered, employs women in recovery to make premium handbags and accessories out of upcycled materials such as leather seat coverings.

Credit: Southwest Airlines
Recycling in the cabin has taken on new meaning that goes beyond producing lighter-weight seats and removing single-use plastics (SUP) to looking at the full lifecycle of products—called circularity—that go into aircraft cabins from beginning to end. The term “circular economy” is an emerging...
Linda Blachly

Linda Blachly is Senior Associate Editor for Air Transport World and Aviation Week. She joined the company in July 2010 and is responsible for producing features for Air Transport World’s monthly magazine and engaging content for the aviationweek.com. She is based in the Washington DC office.

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