| This information was made available in a new | | | | beverage cups, newspapers and magazines on |
| report by a nonprofit environment group named | | | | flights landing in 20 major cities. |
| "Green America" which reveals that US airlines | | | | Delta acknowledges that it continues to identify |
| could do a much better job recycling the | | | | opportunities for it to improve its recycling |
| tremendous amount of waste passengers leave | | | | efforts. |
| on flights. | | | | The main reason Delta did not receive an "A" for |
| Delta and Virgin America were given the highest | | | | its recycling efforts is because it does not recycle |
| grades (B-) for airline recycling programs. United | | | | on international flights. The U.S. department of |
| Airlines and US Airways were given "F" grades. | | | | Agriculture regulates waste created on |
| Green America observed that Delta initiated an in | | | | international flights, which makes recycling more |
| flight recycling program in '07 which salvages | | | | difficult, but does not have to prevent it, |
| aluminum cans, plastic bottles, plastic trays, | | | | according to Green America. |