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Background With the increasing number of retired aircraft – more than an estimated 6,000 within the next twenty years – the safe management of their end of life, both in terms of the environment and public health, has become a crucial issue. Usually, aircraft that are more than 30 years old end their life either stored on the airfield or outside the ...

Background Overall investment in environmental initiatives by the European aeronautical sector is low, in particular in comparison with the United States. Fewer than four percent of ISO 14001 certified companies are from the aeronautical sector, which numbers 100 000 businesses in Europe. The application of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) has been ...