Waste visibility for complex airport operations

WATS helps airports manage waste like critical infrastructure — delivering terminal-level visibility, concessionaire accountability, cost control, and defensible sustainability reporting.

  • Automated waste data across terminals and vendors

  • Concessionaire and tenant performance benchmarking

  • Portfolio-level diversion and cost visibility

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Airport Waste Is Operationally Complex

Airports are not single buildings. They are ecosystems.

  • Multiple terminals

  • Airlines and concessionaires

  • Janitorial contracts

  • Public-private governance

  • Diverse waste vendors and waste streams

  • Highly visible sustainability goals

Waste performance varies by terminal, operator, and event volume — but most airports lack standardized visibility across stakeholders.

Meanwhile, pressure is increasing:

  • Zero waste commitments

  • Public sustainability reporting

  • Regulatory mandates

  • Municipal oversight

Yet waste data still lives in hauler invoices and spreadsheets.

Problems We Solve

  1. No Terminal-Level Visibility
    Most airports cannot compare waste cost or diversion performance by loading dock, terminal, concession group, or operational zone.

  2. Concessionaire Blind Spots
    Airports often lack structured data to benchmark food & beverage operators or enforce sustainability standards.

  3. Manual Reporting Burden
    Sustainability teams spend weeks reconciling inconsistent hauler reports for public disclosures.

  4. Vendor & Contract Inefficiency
    Without normalized data, service optimization and pricing validation are difficult.

  5. Event & Volume Variability
    Passenger traffic fluctuates. Waste service levels often don’t adjust accordingly.

How WATS Works for Airports

1. We Collect the Data
Invoices, service levels, diversion reports — across terminals, vendors, and concessionaires.

2. We Standardize It
Consistent structure across terminals, operators, and haulers.

3. We Surface Insights
Loading dock and Terminal-level diversion rates
Concessionaire performance comparisons
Service level mismatches
Pricing inconsistencies
Contamination trends

4. You Take Action
Optimize service levels. Improve diversion programs. Strengthen concession agreements. Deliver transparent public reporting.

Waste becomes measurable infrastructure — not fragmented data.

Built for Airport Environments

WATS supports

  • Terminal-level performance tracking

  • Concessionaire sustainability accountability

  • Public sustainability reporting

  • Zero waste initiative tracking

  • Benchmarking across facilities

  • Cost optimization without operational disruption

What Airports Achieve with WATS

Waste oversight becomes strategic — not reactive.

  • Improved diversion performance by terminal

  • Stronger concessionaire compliance

  • Reduced waste service inefficiencies

  • Defensible public sustainability reporting

  • Executive and board-level visibility

Airports are infrastructure. Waste management should be treated the same way.

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