Miljön på Ronneby Airport
Ronneby Airport is owned and operated by Swedavia, which works continuously to reduce its environmental impact in line with the ISO 14001 standards for its environmental management system.
One of the most important environmental goals we have worked hard with at Ronneby Airport in recent years is to have zero emissions of fossil carbon dioxide by 2020. We achieved this goal as far back as the autumn of 2016, when we eliminated all emissions of fossil CO2 from our own operations. Our vehicles run on HVO 100 diesel. HVO 100 diesel is 100% renewable and made mostly from various by-products and waste.
Environmental reporting
Environmental report 2021, PDF (in Swedish)
Contact
Name: Sara Carlsson
Phone:Â 010-109 55 96
E-mail:Â sara.carlsson@swedavia.se
Climate work
Our zero vision
In 2020, Swedavia reached its goal of zero fossil carbon dioxide emissions from its own airport operations.
There is extensive work behind our success in achieving zero fossil carbon dioxide emissions. We purchase green electricity for all of our operations, our uninterruptible power supply runs on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), our vehicle fleet runs on HVO, fossil-free gas or green electricity, and we purchase biogasol and biogas
Expanded climate work
All of Swedavia’s airports are accredited at the ACA 3+ level in accordance with Airport Council International (ACI) Europe’s standards for the climate work of airports. That means our airports continuously reduce fossil carbon dioxide emissions from their own operations, offset the emissions that have not yet been reduced and help other businesses operating at the airports to reduce their emissions. At the end of 2020, we achieved our fossil carbon dioxide emissions goal for the airport operations run under our own management.
The next goal is to have all the airports accredited at the ACA 4+ level, which means that agents for de-icing runways/aircraft and coolants will be included in the measurements. We shall also work to a greater extent to engage and work together with other companies and organisations that have significant carbon dioxide emissions at the airports in order to continue reducing emissions together. Over time, all the operations at our airports will switch to renewable energy sources. This work is in line with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s goal not to exceed a 1.5 C degree rise in global warming as well as Swedavia’s strategy and goals for proactive climate change adaptation.
Environmental projects
All waste from the airport’s own operations is sorted. The waste that can be recycled is processed in the region, and a very small percentage of waste goes to land fill.Â
Environmental impact
How the airport affects the environment
The indirect environmental impact from the operations of other companies and organisations at the airport is mostly noise from the taking-off and landing of aircraft and their atmospheric emissions. Environmentally-related charges are applied at the airport, which means aircraft that generate a lot of noise or emit a large quantity of emissions must pay higher charges.
The need for chemicals to de-ice aircraft and runways depends on the weather and can vary significantly from year to year. During the winter, glycol is sprayed on aircraft to prevent the formation of ice. About eight per cent of all glycol used is collected since spilt glycol causes the deoxygenation of water.
Urea is used for anti-skid treatment of landing runways. At many airports, urea has been replaced by new acetate-based agents. Nitrogen from urea also contributes to eutrophication (excess fertilisation).
Track flights
The Webtrak tool that we previously made available here on our website is being reviewed, and we are exploring the possibilities of using other data sources. This is in order to once again enable people living in the vicinity of our airports to track air traffic movements. It will also be possible to connect this information to aviation noise measurements where available.