More good press about Zero Waste at athletic events! An interview with Eva Solomon, founder and CEO of Epic Races, was published on the USA Triathlon website last September. Epic has used Happy Planet Running at their events since 2017.
“I wanted Epic Races to be eco-friendly,” Eva said, but she had challenges at first. In the interview, she talks about the planning and execution needed for a Zero Waste program, the costs involved, and how working with Happy Planet Running made the program successful. (Epic events now average over 90 percent diversion.)
The article’s featured photograph (repeated here) is from the Firecracker 5K held July 4, 2018 in downtown Ann Arbor. Pictured from left to right are: Jeff (HPR), Eva, and Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor. We’re holding the single bag of landfill waste (less than two pounds) from a downtown event with hundreds of runners and thousands more spectators watching the race and the parade immediately following.
