The world of sports is taking an abrupt turn toward more
environmentally-friendly operations. Lester Graham reports teams
from the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball are all looking at
ways to go green:
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The world of sports is taking an abrupt turn toward more
environmentally-friendly operations. Lester Graham reports teams
from the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball are all looking at
ways to go green:
It was only a few years ago that the Milwaukee Brewers baseball
team got news headlines just because it decided to recycle trash
left behind by fans. Eben Burnham-Snyder is with the
environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council. He says these days, a
lot more sports teams are stepping up to the plate:
“Going from recycling, which is very important, I would never
want to minimize recycling, but going from recycling to buying
huge amounts of renewable energy… So, there are huge steps that
have been taken by these sports teams, by the sports industry and
it’s only going to get more robust over the next couple of
years.”
He adds the sports industry is learning that a lot of the
environmentally-friendly changes also mean saving money for the
teams, which might translate into more money for better players.
For the Environment Report, this is Lester Graham.