ecoPreserve led the development a comprehensive Zero-Waste Roadmap supporting DFW’s goal of diverting 90% of waste from landfill. Building on DFW’s leadership as the first carbon-neutral U.S. airport, the roadmap outlines strategies to “reduce waste production, increase waste diversion, and achieve Zero Waste goals,” addressing both operational challenges and shifting recycling markets.
The plan centers on four pillars: purchasing reforms, process improvements, accountability measures, and behavior-based programs. ecoPreserve developed the airport’s Environmentally Preferred Purchasing Plan, updated waste metrics and standard operating procedures, integrated diversion requirements into contracts, and defined specific updates to DFW design and construction guidelines, and identify feasible pilot programs, including back-of-the-house composting and TSA abandoned-property diversion.
ecoPreserve also created a phased implementation schedule covering feasible near-, medium-, and long-term actions, from reinstating sustainability teams to evaluating on-site material recovery facility, anaerobic digestion, and energy-from-waste infrastructure. The result is a strategic, scalable pathway enabling DFW to reduce environmental impact, strengthen operational performance, and advance its position as a national sustainability leader.
