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ATHLETICS PARTICIPATE IN GREEN INITIATIVES
Crowds
gather on the UH campus to support
our Cougar athletes during sporting
events and with those crowds,
unfortunately, comes a lot of trash
from food and drink consumption
during the game. However, since
August 2010, some of that trash can
now make its way to be recycled with
the addition of recycle bins
throughout UH Athletic facilities.
Bins for paper, plastic and aluminum
cans were placed inside and outside
of Robertson Stadium and Hofheinz
Pavilion where during home football
and basketball games, mass
quantities of plastic and other
recyclable products are used. With
the presence of the recycling bins,
chances are increased that these
recyclable products will not end up
in a landfill.
��Go Green� initiatives are very
important to the environment we live
in so we want to do our part in the
efforts,� said Alan Villavasso,
Assistant Athletic Director,
Facilities and Operations. �We also
want to support the university in
any way that we can.�
Recycling bins are also currently in
place at the Athletics Alumni Center
where they are utilized on a daily
basis in break rooms and mailrooms.
Villavasso said now Athletics is
working with the university and an
external company sponsor to broaden
recycling efforts by the 2011
football season by adding more
recycling bins inside the stadium
and outside in the parking lot
tailgating areas. With the extensive
amounts of plastic bottles and other
recyclable products sold and used
before and during the games, the
bins would help in collecting those
recyclables.
Since the 2009 football season, UH
Athletics has further displayed
their commitment to green
initiatives by hosting a �Go Green�
game to raise awareness about
sustainability on campus. At the
green-themed game, participants hear
messages from green sponsors and
watch as a weather balloon is
launched by students from the UH
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
program. Also, winners from the Art
of Recycling Contest are recognized,
and fans can play and enjoy
recycling games during tailgating.
To learn more about green
initiatives on campus, visit
www.uh.edu/green.
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