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June, 2023. AERIS, interested manager of the Juan Santamaría International Airport (AIJS), is honored to share that, on the occasion of the Environment Month and thanks to the support of the AERIS People, we collected 690 kg. of waste in Playa Azul.

“In AERIS, as a responsible company that shares the philosophy of its parent company CCR Group, we firmly believe that we have a responsibility to the development of the country beyond carrying out a sustainable airport operation. Proof of this is the commitment of the AERIS People year after year with the protection of the environment and the improvement, as far as possible, of different communities”, said Ricardo Hernández, general director of AERIS.

The activity counted with the participation of 21 volunteers, who last June 23, from 8:00am am to 12:00 pm were present at Playa Azul at the mouth of the Tárcoles River, with a tour along the site in search of identifying and collecting waste, in order to collaborate with its cleanliness.

Since 2013, volunteer activities have been carried out during working days, mostly related to environmental issues. Also, during 2020 and 2021, despite the pandemic, AERIS maintained its environmental conservation actions.

Likewise, in the previous year, three volunteering activities related to environmental issues were carried out.

“This is not a novelty, but a continuity of the commitment of our AERIS People. In 2022 we had the Temporary Bee Shelter initiative, in which a group of 20 volunteers participated and planted 160 plants in what will be the temporary shelter for the bees that are rescued at the airport; 23 people from the airport community collected 290 kg. of garbage in the streets and a river through an Environmental Walk; also the Volunteering project in Finca Los Lotes, where 26 people participated in the maintenance of reforested species in the ‘Bosque de la Juventud’, explained Adriana Bejarano, head of Environment, Health and Safety of AERIS.