The inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Marathon & ½ Marathon is going green! We are working with Athletes for a Fit Planet on a number of initiatives to reduce the event’s environmental impact. Here’s a list of our green efforts and how you can help.
Recycling & Composting
Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle will be the first big city marathon to compost all used cups on the course. Over 500,000 cups will be composted and turned back into usable soil.
We’ll be recycling at the Health & Fitness Expo and from the start to the finish of the race. We expect to divert more than 1 ton of waste from landfill on race day. Please help us reduce our total landfill trash by recycling your plastic bottles, paper, cardboard, aluminum cans, and other recyclable waste in the appropriate bins.
We’ll be collecting empty GU energy gel packs on the course and sending them back to GU as part of their Stash Your Trash program. For every 50 we send back, GU energy gel will donate $5 to charity.
Reducing our Carbon Footprint
We encourage participants to take public transport to the Health & Fitness Expo.King County Metro provides easy access to the Qwest Field Event Center, for more information click here.
If public transportation isn’t an option, share a ride and reduce emissions! We have promoted PickUpPal, a free online rideshare program, to connect drivers and passengers and share rides to the event.
If you must drive or fly to Seattle for race weekend, consider offsetting emissions by purchasing a FitPlanet/NativeEnergy Green Tag. For just $2.50 you can offset 300 lbs, which is equivalent to about 300 miles of driving. Green Tags can be purchased online at FitPlanet online store or at the FitPlanet booth at the Health & Fitness Expo.
Other Green Initiatives
Even our portable toilets are green! Chemicals used in the tanks are non-toxic and the paper is recycled.
We’ve partnered with Carter Subaru in Ballard as the Official Auto Sponsor of the event. Subaru is known for Partial Zero Emission Vehicles (ninety percent less emissions than average new vehicles). Additionally, for each car test-driven at Carter Subaru, one tree will be planted in the Mountains to Sound Greenway, funded by Carter Motors. For each car purchased, three additional trees will be planted.
Discarded clothing at the start line is being donated to a local 501(c) (3) charity, Northwest Center, assisting children and adults with disabilities since 1965. http://www.rnrseattle.com/www.nwcenter.org
Final Information Pamphlets were e-mailed instead of printed and mailed to 25,000 participants.
Powdered Cytomax is mixed and served at all 18 on course aid stations, to significantly reduce plastic bottle waste on the course.
Say thank you to our rockin’ Green Team volunteers on race day for their much appreciated help in greening the inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle!
Recycling & Composting
Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle will be the first big city marathon to compost all used cups on the course. Over 500,000 cups will be composted and turned back into usable soil.
We’ll be recycling at the Health & Fitness Expo and from the start to the finish of the race. We expect to divert more than 1 ton of waste from landfill on race day. Please help us reduce our total landfill trash by recycling your plastic bottles, paper, cardboard, aluminum cans, and other recyclable waste in the appropriate bins.
We’ll be collecting empty GU energy gel packs on the course and sending them back to GU as part of their Stash Your Trash program. For every 50 we send back, GU energy gel will donate $5 to charity.
Reducing our Carbon Footprint
We encourage participants to take public transport to the Health & Fitness Expo.King County Metro provides easy access to the Qwest Field Event Center, for more information click here.
If public transportation isn’t an option, share a ride and reduce emissions! We have promoted PickUpPal, a free online rideshare program, to connect drivers and passengers and share rides to the event.
If you must drive or fly to Seattle for race weekend, consider offsetting emissions by purchasing a FitPlanet/NativeEnergy Green Tag. For just $2.50 you can offset 300 lbs, which is equivalent to about 300 miles of driving. Green Tags can be purchased online at FitPlanet online store or at the FitPlanet booth at the Health & Fitness Expo.
Other Green Initiatives
Even our portable toilets are green! Chemicals used in the tanks are non-toxic and the paper is recycled.
We’ve partnered with Carter Subaru in Ballard as the Official Auto Sponsor of the event. Subaru is known for Partial Zero Emission Vehicles (ninety percent less emissions than average new vehicles). Additionally, for each car test-driven at Carter Subaru, one tree will be planted in the Mountains to Sound Greenway, funded by Carter Motors. For each car purchased, three additional trees will be planted.
Discarded clothing at the start line is being donated to a local 501(c) (3) charity, Northwest Center, assisting children and adults with disabilities since 1965. http://www.rnrseattle.com/www.nwcenter.org
Final Information Pamphlets were e-mailed instead of printed and mailed to 25,000 participants.
Powdered Cytomax is mixed and served at all 18 on course aid stations, to significantly reduce plastic bottle waste on the course.
Say thank you to our rockin’ Green Team volunteers on race day for their much appreciated help in greening the inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle!
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