Airports launch eco-friendly efforts to go green

Boston's Logan airport has set an example for various other U.S. airports by going green.

In an effort to save on energy costs and impress the travelers landing into or passing through the airport, a number of measures have been implemented. Hybrid taxicabs, wind turbines, solar plates and low-flush toilets have been introduced as some of the measures to make the aiport more eco-friendly.

With the recent rise in oil prices these measures to conserve energy has become a more urgent matter.

Although certain techniques to conserve energy that have been introduced are new, most of the others had been implemented at the airport for a long time now, such as more glass windows in order to have more natural light in the airport, low-wattage bulbs used for lighting and the usage of recycled materials during the construction of the airport.

A number of U.S. airports have also taken various other steps to make its facilities more eco-friendly. For example, the Seattle-Tacoma area, which nests the main headquarters for the Starbucks Coffee franchise, has its airports recycle 143 tons of ground coffee recycled after being transported to a local recycling facility and composted.

Elizabeth Leavitt, the airport's director says, "None of us imagined that it'd be of this magnitude."

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