Jetport Partner Inland Technologies Opens New Sustainable Facility

Facility is First in United States to Capture, Recycle and Remanufacture Aircraft De-Icing Fluid

Portland, Maine – The Portland International Jetport today announced that Inland Technologies has commissioned their new Aircraft De-Icing Fluid Manufacturing Facility. The new facility is the first in the United States to collect Aircraft De-Icing Fluid and recycle it into usable Aircraft De-Icing Fluid. This facility is a further investment in Environmental Sustainability at the Portland International Jetport.

“We are very excited to have our partner, Inland Technologies, open this new facility today,” said Paul Bradbury, Airport Director. “Inland has been a phenomenal partner who has been able to make a business case to recover aircraft de-icing fluid that has been sprayed and recycle it here in Portland to be sprayed on another aircraft” he continued.

The Portland International Jetport is finalizing its Sustainable Airport Master Plan this year. Airport Master Plans are required by the Federal Aviation Administration to provide a 20 year plan for capital improvements. The Portland International Jetport received federal funding to incorporate Sustainability into this document. The new Inland facility, while separate from the Sustainable Airport Master Plan will significantly improve sustainability by not only recapturing used Aircraft De-Icing Fluid, but allowing for on-site recycling and re-manufacturing of new Aircraft De-Icing Fluid further reducing transportation costs and environmental impact.

“This is the first facility of its kind in the United States and we are proud to say that with this expansion, we’re setting a new benchmark for winter operations sustainability,” says Roger Langille, Inland’s President and CEO.

The facility will also accept aircraft de-icing fluid from other airports in the region. Since Inland’s original facility opened in Portland six years ago they have collected nearly six million gallons of used aircraft de-icing fluid and processed it to remove the glycol and other contaminants. Nearly one million gallons of pure glycol have been recovered in this time. Inland’s new facility will allow for the process to continue by creating new Type I Aircraft De-Icing Fluid that can be applied to aircraft.

Both Inland Technologies and the Portland International Jetport have a history of sustainable projects. Inland was the 2014 Maine Water Environment Associations Pre-Treatment Excellence Award. The Portland International Jetport was awarded the Airports Council International – North Americas Environmental Achievement Award in 2012 for the Geothermal Project associated with the new terminal. The Jetport also received the Airports Going Green Award in 2014 in recognition of the Terminal Expansion and the pursuit of sustainability within the aviation industry.