The plant would be built by an American contractor and would convert up to 500,000 tonnes of waste matter, ranging from sewage waste to landfill candidate material, into around 16 million gallons of aerofuel each year.

In addition, the plant would output solid waste products for use in building aggregates and enough electricity to power the plant itself, as well as the National Grid. It is expected that the plant will be able to produce fuel in 2014 when it will slowly ramp up production.

British Airways have had a bad run recently when it comes to business concerns, but they do seem to making some sort of effort in the environmental sector. For a business operating in an industry sitting square in the sights of green campaigners, this is no small thing.