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Paper Cups at Events: Recycle, Compost, or Trash?

Ah, paper cups. You see them at every running event, being handed out at aid stations to perspiring runners, who slug down the contents and then toss them down, sometimes in a waste bin, but often just in the road, or wherever. What happens to them afterward? Your average runner has no idea. Trash collection isContinue reading “Paper Cups at Events: Recycle, Compost, or Trash?”

2016 Eugene Marathon Earns CRS Gold Sustainability Certification

From the website of the Council for Responsible Sport: The Council announced today that the 2016 Eugene Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K held May 3 in Eugene, Oregon proved its commitment to producing a world-class event in a socially and environmentally responsible way by achieving gold level certification. This was the first time organizersContinue reading “2016 Eugene Marathon Earns CRS Gold Sustainability Certification”