What move as ran is flourishing, in a lot of popular feeling, marathon had been become " green is healthy " pronominal, but reality is done not have however so simple.
With activity of a lot of large sports, marathon also is tremendous " rubbish production machine " : The packing bag of supply of one-time water cup, plastic water bottle, sponge, food, towel... a marathon, the dimensions that produces rubbish can be counted with 100 tons plan.
So to environmental protection, how is the thing of old brand marathon on international done?
Of new York marathon everywhere rubbish.
One-time pollution, the problem that must take seriously
A lot of domestic and international marathon, ever had been patted everywhere the picture of rubbish, this is not the impressions with happy what undoubtedly.
By country's common large marathon dimensions 30 thousand players are calculated, if each a match uses up cup of 5 one-time paper, the paper cup amount that spend also can amount to 150 thousand, the marathon with a few larger scale comes down to be able to use up paper cup to exceed 1 million even.
To this problem, a lot of marathon also took out corresponding step.
Just end for instance before long 2019 London marathon. According to the United States " new York Times " report, compare last year, the rubbish of plastic water bottle that London marathon produces this year reduced more than 215000.
In the match, match organizing committee introduced a kind but of degradation by algal those who make " water bottle " , will replace average plastic water bottle with this, this also is but degradation " algal water bottle " be applied to world marathon first on 6 vole.
Similar way also has in home appear. Than going up like the Xiamen marathon this year, changed what make by corn straw with respect to cup of will one-time plastic water but degradation water cup, at the same time also " ban " one-time plastic bottle.
The water cup that Berlin marathon scatters.
Reduce pollution, cannot rely on social morality of the person that run solely
According to new York Ministry of Public Health estimated data, if press marathon of a new York to have 45000 players consideration, production rubbish can amount to 114.29 tons, of marathon " pollute " this shows one spot.
Besides introduce but beyond degradation material, the way that reduces marathon pollution still has a lot of, increase for instance need not of water cup water bottle " fountain type " water device, also be the important method that reduces rubbish.
And the rubbish of the generation in contest of a lot of marathon wants to be able to get appropriate collects processing only, OK make the best use of everything.
For instance a few cast off towel are mixed clothings, can collect rise recycle. And wait for rubbish like banana skin and supply of cast off food, can be collected to make fertilizer wait.
Of course, the environmental protection of marathon of the respecting before this, a lot of people often are met think of to remind a player to maintain social morality for a short while, do not throw rubbish in disorder.
But besides, contest victim does to square heavy visual range is spent and organize ability, just be to decide whether a marathon is enough " environmental protection " mainer factor.
For example Tokyo marathon go up, the volunteer clears the speed of circuit rubbish gets living a lot of players reputably. In a few a section of a highway, even every a few meters have a volunteer with respect to meeting arrangement special " receive " the player's rubbish.
Go up in the setting of dustbin at the same time, the organizing committee also made great efforts -- not only the amount is much, and very Duodouan discharges the space that takes provision in as it happens, convenient rubbish discards.
The person that boreal horse runnings is initiative collect rubbish.
Environmental protection, marathon new style
In the environment contaminative problem gets attention circumstance falls with each passing day, environmental protection -- became instantly the new pursuit of numerous marathon thing.
For instance London marathon put forward to arrive 2020 " fill without rubbish bury " target, for they and this rubbish processor compose spreads out collaboration, undertake in time reclaiming using to rubbish.
And British Cambria was introduced " trash generates electricity " project, the banana skin in collecting marathon contest will be used at generating electricity.
In fact, besides make a large number of rubbish besides, the environmental burden that a large marathon brings still includes field of a lot of other, the commemorative T-shirt that for instance batch produces and medal.
Current, chicago marathon was rolled out can reclaim the T-shirt that material makes, connect match medal even hang belt, also be to use can reclaim material is made.
Still a few marathon are in the career of extroversion environmental protection of the match invests. Opened Puduimalasong to invest project of an environmental protection for instance, come " make up for " the environmental pollution that match itself place produces.
And be in the United States, can have run contest is offerred when the person that run signs up " environmental protection contribution " option, publicize the consciousness of environmental protection to the person that run with this.
