Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are all set to showcase their dedication in direction of inexperienced initiatives as they may play the “Green Game” of this yr’s IPL on Sunday on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The Green Game was conceived in 2011 and since then RCB have devoted certainly one of their residence matches to the ‘Go Green’ initiatives to unfold consciousness and want for a cleaner and greener surroundings.
RCB gamers will even be sporting recycled inexperienced jerseys for the blockbuster match on Sunday. These jerseys are made utilising the recycled waste collected on the stadium.
Have you ever thought of what sort of recycled waste is required to generate these kits? Here are a number of the numbers to contemplate.
RCB’s season opener match alone generated 9047.6 kg waste within the stadium as a lot as 19488 water bottles have been used.
As per estimates, a mean of 8 tons of dry waste, meals waste, and different recyclable wastes are generated from the stadium after each match. Implementation of waste segregation practices have helped to assemble and segregate dry, meals and non-recyclable wastes and course of them fully to additional recycle and make recycled merchandise like shirts and different sustainable items.
Working intently with Good Era, Implementation Partner for Go Green Initiative, RCB have uniquely developed a Green Army, a one-of-its- form sustainability assist group that they take copious assist to maintain the stadium premises clear.
“RCB is the world’s first carbon neutral cricket team and the foremost cricket franchise in the world rallying behind a people’s driven movement for greener planet. “Go Green” isn’t just an initiative for us however an aspiring motion to hunt behavioural modifications, contributing to fixing numerous challenges associated to local weather change. It transcends past cricket and connects followers at a a lot deeper degree, an engagement with a function,” stated Rajesh Menon, VP & Head of Royal Challengers Bangalore.
This yr’s mission will even see RCB restore two lakes in South Bengaluru overlaying 44 acres and near 200 faculties will see the Green School certification roll out.
“As part of our year-long commitment, we will enable and encourage sustainability for the people, of the people, and by the people through a unique fan-driven model of carbon neutrality and rejuvenating and restoring the city lakes which were once the pride of Bangalore city. We also feel we need to begin early in life to start living consciously and therefore Green School is an initiative to involve future generation to be a part of the movement,” Menon added.
RCB has created a digital inexperienced pledge discussion board on their official web site for the followers to return collectively, synergize dedication round chosen initiatives on urgent problems with sustainability to finish with contributions/on floor implementation applications/measuring influence and sustenance.
Keeping up with the commitments of sustainability, cricket matches are carried out utilising photo voltaic and wind energy on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium as properly, which is now reworked right into a inexperienced stadium.
RCB intends to broaden these holistic inexperienced initiatives and encourage followers from world over to affix the campaign to encourage sustainable and eco-friendly dwelling.
