Phase 0 maps the full airport carbon-resource picture: terminal airflow, HVAC, central plants, concessions, used cooking oil, grease, food waste, wastewater, packaging, tenants, airlines, Scope 1/2/3 relevance, Airport Carbon Accreditation priorities, university and lab routes, vendor categories, funding logic, MRV requirements, and first implementation pathway.
Phase 0 creates a practical view of what carbon-bearing streams exist, what is happening to them today, who controls them, which stakeholders benefit, which technologies are realistic, which claims require evidence, and which operating model can move the site toward implementation.
The map is designed for decision-makers, operators, sponsors, universities, vendors, and implementation partners.
A source-by-source inventory of terminal airflow, HVAC, central plants, boilers, CHP, generators, food waste, used cooking oil, grease, concession streams, airline and tenant activity, cargo/logistics assets, wastewater, biosolids, hotels, regional landfills, WtE, and nearby industrial sources.
Each stream is classified by form and origin: atmospheric, fossil, biogenic, waste-derived, mixed, CO₂, methane, liquid, solid, sludge, regulated, or contract-controlled.
A clear view of what is happening now: exhausted, landfilled, composted, recycled, hauled, treated, captured, reused, converted, credited, or unmanaged.
Each stream is ranked by technical, economic, operational, regulatory, collection, safety, tenant, rights, and claims readiness so the first pilot is selected rationally.
A focused assessment of terminal air, HVAC, central plant, boiler, CHP, generator, clean power, hydrogen, and e-fuel-relevant infrastructure.
A focused review of concessionaires, coffee retail, QSRs, restaurants, lounges, catering, food waste, used cooking oil, fats/greases, packaging, mixed waste, recycling, composting, regulated deplaned waste, hotels, and hauler contracts.
A vendor-neutral map of capture, sorting, hauling, preprocessing, AD, gasification, HEFA, SAF/e-fuel, storage, MRV, EPC, utilization, and finance partners that may fit each stream.
A practical map of destinations and claims: SAF, e-fuels, renewable diesel, RNG, biochar, compost, mineralization, storage, industrial reuse, purchased CO₂ displacement, carbon markets, or verified diversion.
A board/executive-ready roadmap for the lowest-risk pilot, regional carbon-to-fuels corridor potential, stakeholder roles, data needs, and next-phase operating model.
A practical service model for moving from assessment to implementation, including vendor coordination, tenant participation, data collection, MRV, claims, reporting, and scale-up support.
Phase 0 can be scoped for a single terminal, a central plant, an airline hub, a whole airport, a waste stream, or a regional carbon recycling corridor.
The assessment separates emissions reduction, SAF relevance, utilization, diversion, and durable removal. It identifies which streams could support CDR only where the processing route, storage pathway, permanence, MRV, and claims boundary can be credibly evaluated.
Food waste, wastewater solids, concessions organics, airline catering waste, grease, used cooking oil, digestate, and nearby regional organic streams.
AD, SOFC, biogenic CO₂ capture, digestate stabilization, biochar, hydrochar, mineralization, geologic storage, or other durable sinks where appropriate.
Only call it CDR where durable storage and evidence exist. Other valuable outcomes remain reduction, recycling, utilization, fuel, diversion, or Scope benefits.
The assessment determines how the site can operate the program, separate materials correctly, activate vendors, involve tenants, bring universities and labs into commercialization routes, and move from map to implementation.
Define the site owner, anchor airline or customer, university/lab role, public partner, tenants, vendors, capital, offtake, and funding structure.
Evaluate packaging, product labels, bins, signage, QR logic, tenant workflows, waste-hauler data, contamination risk, and regulated material boundaries.
Identify relevant IP, research groups, startups, vendors, sponsored research opportunities, student projects, and commercialization routes that fit the site.
Carbon Recycling Technologies can structure Phase 0 for a single airport, airline hub, campus, facility portfolio, regional infrastructure network, or high-value airport, campus, or facility site.