Date: March 12, 2017 Event company: RF Events, Ann Arbor MI Location: Downtown Ann Arbor, MI # Attendees: 1,500 runners Zero Waste Team volunteers: 6 Race Overview Shamrocks & Shenanigans is one of a myriad of St. Patrick’s Day races (but of course the RF Events one is the best). Some people run it seriously;Continue reading “Sustainability Report: RF Events Shamrocks & Shenanigans 5K 2017”
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Sustainability Report: RF Events Super 5K 2017
Date: February 5, 2017 Event company: RF Events, Ann Arbor MI Location: Novi High School, Novi MI # Attendees: 2,000 runners Zero Waste Team volunteers: 5 (plus 3 more at takedown/cleanup) Race Overview The Super 5K is held every year on the morning of Super Bowl Sunday. As it’s usually cold, runners gather inside NoviContinue reading “Sustainability Report: RF Events Super 5K 2017”
Sustainability Report: Bigfoot Snowshoe 5K/10K 2017
Date: Saturday, January 21, 2017 Event company: RF Events, Ann Arbor MI Location: Timber Ridge Resort, Traverse City MI # Attendees: 480 runners, about 100 spectators Zero Waste Team volunteers: 4 Race Overview The Bigfoot Snowshoe 5K/10K is one of two RF Events races held in the Traverse City area. It’s a popular race, inContinue reading “Sustainability Report: Bigfoot Snowshoe 5K/10K 2017”
Sustainability Report: Run Woodstock 2016
Date: Sept. 9-11, 2016 Event company: RF Events, Ann Arbor MI Location: Hell Creek Ranch, Pinckney MI # Attendees: approx. 2,000 Zero Waste Team volunteers: Varied Race Overview Run Woodstock is the largest RF Events race of the year, with distances from 5 miles to 100 miles and everything in between. It’s also a weekendContinue reading “Sustainability Report: Run Woodstock 2016”
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?”
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