| Last night, the BBC broadcast the daily ONE SHOW and spent the whole programme on the tremendous problem of plastic waste……."soon, there will be more plastic in the seas than fish"!!!!
We are all very aware of the problems of plastic waste and in our won way, I am sure that we all try to be a lot better than in the past. The trouble is that most things that we buy seems to come in ever more layers of plastic.
It crossed my mind that I am guilty of adding to the plastic problem by providing plastic vending cups at most of my events, cups that are then thrown away and end up on a Council landfill site somewhere.
Obviously, many runners need water to help rehydrate after a race but what can I do to help????
1 : I could take the used cups home, wash them and reuse them
or
2 : As well as everything else runners keep in the sports bages, they could keep a suitable drinking vessel and use it at races. Way back in 1981 when I created the Mansfield Half Marathon, runners were given a commemorative mug as they crossed the finishing line with which they could scoop water from the large water butts we provided.
Here endeth the thoughts of DRD
Enjoy the rapidly approaching Summer and, above all, be happy and content
David |