SPORT ’ S GREENEST FRANCHISES
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS
The Knight Riders are a legendary cricket club in the Indian Premier League , and they play at the even more legendary Eden Gardens cricket ground . As of 2017 , the 66,000-seat stadium has completely eliminated plastic from its operations . Plastic bags , one of the most abundant sources of pollution in the world ’ s oceans , have been replaced with biodegradable paper , and vendors are being encouraged to eliminate other plastics as well . The Knight Riders ’ new policy teams up with the Cricket Association of Bengal ’ s own initiative to encourage environmentalism throughout the region .
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