{"id":1557,"date":"2022-03-09T14:58:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T14:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raceid.com\/organizer\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2022-12-15T20:32:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:32:37","slug":"5-ways-to-make-your-race-more-sustainable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raceid.com\/organizer\/sustainability\/5-ways-to-make-your-race-more-sustainable\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Make Your Race More Sustainable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all love the nature we have in our world &#8211; but how can we enjoy our natural resources without having a negative impact? In this article we give you 5 easy-to-implement tips for how you can make your race more sustainable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is the post in Video format if you prefer to watch:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Is your outdoor event sustainable? 5 tips to make sure race is!\" width =\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rnQlHbs88eE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><b>Measure your Environmental Impact<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>First though,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it might be worth taking a look at the <\/span><b><i>carbon footprint for your race<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and discerning where you might be able to make the biggest impact. There are plenty of tools that you can find and use online. The Carbon Trust has <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbontrust.com\/resources\/sme-carbon-footprint-calculator\">this one<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for instance. Additionally, it&#8217;s important to understand your influence as a race organizer. If you can show your participants a healthy and sustainable way of racing, perhaps they will go home and lead healthier and more sustainable lives afterwards too!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>5 Ways to Make Your Race More Sustainable:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encourage longer stays for your participants that are traveling internationally<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give recycled medals or t-shirts for your participants<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use packaging free drinks points or aid stations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recycle bib-numbers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organize a \u2018plogg\u2019 after your race to clean up the trails in your local nature!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, let&#8217;s get into the details for each point:\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>1. Encourage Longer Stays for Your Participants<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You organize a cool race, right? Well, now you\u2019re attracting the attention of the connoisseurs of the scene! But despite all the positives of organizing an internationally recognized race, it\u2019s obviously negative with regard to the cross-continental travel for participants getting to your race. For many international races, this far outweighs the carbon-cost of the other parts of the race organization.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is therefore important to encourage your participants to stay for as long as possible in your country and locality. This is not only good for your local economy, it spreads the carbon-cost of international travel over many different industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, you can always encourage carbon-offsetting for travel to your race too &#8211; or even add it into your budget, so that you can offset for your participants after the race.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>2. Give Recycled Medals or T-shirts for Your Participants<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has become very popular recently &#8211; and is appreciated highly by participants as well. It clearly signals that you are thinking about the details of your race in a sustainable way.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthruns.com\/our-medals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earth Runs <\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creates biodegradable medals from cardboard pulp. Each medal also contains seeds and can subsequently be planted in the garden! Then there are companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/rawcutstudio.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Raw Cut Studio<\/strong><\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that make fantastic medals and designs in wood that can really synergise with the feel of your race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or, if you decide to go with a more standard medal type, you can recycle any leftover or over-ordered medals with <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sportsmedalrecycling.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>sportsmedalrecycling.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or other initiatives like <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sportsmedalrecycling.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>medals4mettle.org<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Another tip is not to date your give-aways and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/raceid.com\/organizer\/what-to-think-about-when-you-order-race-t-shirts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">finisher t-shirts<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; then you can use any left-overs for the next edition!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar to medals, there are many clothing companies that are also offering finisher\/race t-shirts that are made from recycled materials. Check with the company beforehand regarding their fabrication and production &#8211; plus check out our article <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/raceid.com\/organizer\/what-to-think-about-when-you-order-race-t-shirts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to learn more about race t-shirt options.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>3. Use Packaging Free Drinks Points or Aid Stations<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plastic cups, paper cups, bring your own cup, or no cup? The choice is yours, and now races like the London Marathon are using seaweed capsules that are edible and biodegradable! Dropped capsules are no problem, and capsules can even be filled with sports drink. Check out <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oohowater.com\/\">Ooho<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for an idea of what is possible in this regard!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, you can partner with local stores or companies to provide food for your aid stations. In general, the more local and fresh, the less packaging! Asking your local supermarket about their bananas is a good way to fuel your participants without any extra packaging\u2026though hopefully they didn\u2019t fly too far to get to your race!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1559\" src=\"https:\/\/raceid.com\/organizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Template-featured-image-blog-4.png\" alt=\"Hector running\" width=\"762\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raceid.com\/organizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Template-featured-image-blog-4.png 762w, https:\\raceid.com\organizer\wp-content\uploads\2022\03\template-featured-image-blog-4-300x146.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>4. Recycle Bib-Numbers<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s always a few participants who want to pin their bib-numbers on their toilet door at home after a cool race &#8211; but most get thrown away. Bib-numbers are often made from Tyvek, a plastic based polymer material (HDPE) from DuPont. HDPE can be recycled at many places (or even sent back to DuPont), but you need to make sure your participants realize this. Biodegradable numbers can also be found.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Better is to re-use the bib-numbers. Just collect numbers at the finish line (perhaps use them to draw a lottery prize after the awards ceremony). Then simply re-use them for your next event! Don\u2019t worry about missing a few numbers sequentially &#8211; race management software often allows for easy changes to race number sequences.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>5. Organize a \u2018Plogg\u2019 After Your Race and Clean Up Trails in Your Local Nature!<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even with the best intentions, your participants can drop a gel from a pocket, or perhaps a cup from your aid station goes astray. Ultimately, this type of rubbish can be very harmful to the local environment. One fun way of cleaning up could be to organize a \u2018plogg\u2019 along your race route (or even a different part of your local nature). Plogging was invented in Sweden and it essentially combines \u2018plock\u2019 (to pick-up) with \u2018jogg\u2019. Voila! A Plogg!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Finally, Communicate your Sustainability efforts<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a sustainable organization is more and more important. Customers require us to focus on sustainability and many choose to buy from environmentally-focused businesses even if at greater personal expense. This is especially true for our clientele &#8211; outdoor enthusiasts are known to take the extra step required to conserve the earth. We predict it will be imperative for most races to take sustainability seriously, and it\u2019ll also be important to communicate efforts in your marketing strategy. Hence, once you\u2019ve implemented any of the tips above &#8211; let your (potential) participants know on social media and in any other communication. It\u2019s also a good idea to make a special section on your website that describes the sustainable work you are doing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope these tips help you out with the sustainability of your race. Let us know if you tried any of these tips, we would love to hear about how it went for you!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all love the nature we have in our world &#8211; but how can we enjoy our natural resources without having a negative impact? In this article we give you 5 easy-to-implement tips for how you can make your race more sustainable. 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