2) Participant Carpooling - KLT participants can use the
interactive registration map to locate athletes that they may be able to
carpool with. This helps reduce the amount of carbon emission by half. Score
This!!! also has a page on their website where an athlete can post their
info for carpooling.
Carpooling helps the environment. Burning one gallon of gasoline produces
about 18 pounds of CO2.
3) Recycling
- All Score This!!! Multisport Series events in 2009 will
institute a recycling program. Please keep your eyes open for for the
Recycling Station at the race. it will separate bins labeled for paper, cardboard, metal/aluminum, plastic, glass and general garbage bins this year.
This helps the amount of trash being sent to the landfill. Our hope
is at the end of the event we have less than 1lb of landfill waste per
participant.
We had 14 bags of trash which were a total of 100lbs. This didn't even
fill one Dodge Ram 1500 truck bed. Most of this was composed of gels
packets and HEED cups from the run aid stations. This was about 33% of our
trash. 66% was recycled. This works out to 0.17 lbs per athlete that went to
the landfill for 2008.
In plastic alone, we recycled 16 bags in 2008. Check out our
programs at other events:
RECYCLE
THIS!!!
Businesses can use pdf printing and save archives to cd or dvd instead of
printing records and storing paper copies.
-
Recycle by Donating
your old cell phone(s) to the American Red
Cross of Yates County. It's
simple and FREE!
Donated cell phones are sold to a company that recycles
them. The money we receive from recycling cell phones is used
to help others in time of need in Yates County. The Red Cross will
collect these under the volunteer tent.
We collected 5 cell phones for 2008 and will continue this initiative
in futures seasons. Look next year to also bring your old print and toner
cartridges and small electronic devices.
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Electric Appliance
|
Average Wattage
|
Average Kilowatts
|
Pounds of Coal Consumed Annually
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Dishwasher
|
1,201
|
1.20
|
363
|
|
Microwave
|
1,450
|
1.45
|
190
|
|
Stove
|
12,200
|
12.20
|
730
|
|
Clothes Dryer
|
4,856
|
4.86
|
993
|
|
Iron
|
1,100
|
1.10
|
60
|
|
Washing Machine
|
512
|
0.51
|
103
|
|
Refrigerators/Freezers
|
2,250
|
2.25
|
1,500
|
|
Hair Dryer
|
600
|
0.60
|
25
|
|
B/W Television
|
45
|
0.05
|
100
|
|
Color Television
|
145
|
0.14
|
320
|
|
Clock
|
2 0
|
.01
|
320
|
|
Vacuum Cleaner
|
630
|
0.63
|
46
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4) Sneaker Return - Please bring your old running shoes that are of no
use to you anymore and place them in the collection bin. We will box
them up and donate them on behalf of the race to a soon to be determined
charity.
This was the most successful out of all of the innovative feature that
enhances sustainability of our event. We collect 55 pairs of sneakers
in 2008 and donated them to St. John's Community Outreach Center in Lockport, NY.
5) Charitable Giving - Since the inception of this event the original
race director Jay Hollister started giving back to the American Red Cross of
Yates County. Since that time the race has given back almost $15,000 to
help the ARC with its helping of others. You can also make a tax
deductible donation when an athlete use the Register This!!! Registration System.
In 2008, 24 athletes made additional donations of $120
6) After the race is over, everyone is full of the all you can eat
buffet provided by the Keuka College food service, and your award is in a
great place in your home, please look for our survey via email to let us
know how you think our sustainability efforts went for the 2008 event.
Our goal is to get at least 10% of the athletes to tell us how we did!!!
7) FREE Clinic for all whether they are racing or not 06/04/10.
Check out the clinic info for 2010
