Going green
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- August
- 27
The USTA held a press conference this morning with Billie Jean King and head officers about the tournament’s “Green initiative.”
They plan on recycling 500,000 plastic bottles, 20,000 cans; use 90 percent post-consumer waste for the 2.4 million napkins; give away the 70,000 tenis balls and 20-25,000 tennis ball cans; and use wind power to supply all the energy, among many other things.
King said that after the tennis center was named after her, she wanted to do something that would make a difference within one year.
You’ll certainly notice the multiple Evian recycling centers on the grounds if you come for the tournament, and see the $5 reusable totes for sale.
It seems like a pretty smart, simple idea, so I wouldn’t be surprised if many more major sporting events start becoming environmentally friendly soon.
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on Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 at 1:30 pm by Harold Gutmann.
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