zero waste
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Doing Journalism
ANNOTATED: Zero Waste Athletics At Georgia Soccer Score Goal
I’m Chloe Savan, and I met with Sophie Ralph to discuss her story, Zero Waste Athletics At Georgia Soccer Score Goal. Ralph is a senior journalism major with certificates in Sports Media and Sustainability. How did you find this story? Ralph: So the Zero Waste Athletics, specifically for the soccer…
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Environment
Zero Waste Athletics at Georgia Soccer Score Goal
Looking at concessions alone, sporting events produce a considerable amount of waste. Denise Plemmons, the waste reduction coordinator for the Athens-Clarke County Recycling Division, said the landfill typically receives an additional 35-40 tons of landfill waste after a University of Georgia home football game. According to the University of Georgia…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Takes ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ To New Level
If you assume your trash today gets collected and sent off to one of the “dumps” you see in cartoons, you’re sadly mistaken. Dumps haven’t existed since the 1970s; rather, the increasing amount of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Americans create gets sent to landfills where local governments like Athens are…