Energy Magazine September 2017 | Page 33

SPORT ’ S GREENEST FRANCHISES

OHIO BUCKEYES

US college football team the Ohio Buckeyes play their home games at the ground dubbed ‘ Zero Waste ’ Ohio Stadium . In 2011 , the stadium owners initiated its program to ultimately achieve zero waste and 90 % of trash is currently diverted from landfill through recycling and composting , for which receptacles are placed throughout the stadium and its concourse . Its training centre has a 101kw , 237-panel solar array on its roof and the college campus derives 21 % of its electricity from wind . Ohio State wishes to achieve total carbon neutrality by 2050 .
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