A football stadium may have green grass but does it have green habits? Each week, Great Lakes Echo highlights a Big Ten football stadium’s attempts to do the most to impact the environment the least.
All schools have information on the stadium’s diversion rate – the amount of waste recycled instead of put in a landfill.
Photo: University of Wisconsin.
Stadium: Camp Randall Stadium
School: University of Wisconsin
Built: 1917
Capacity: 80,321
2012 diversion rate: 33 percent
Scouting report: Each game day, community and student volunteers create awareness about the importance of conservation efforts at the university like recycling and compost bins, said Meredith Keller, student programs coordinator at the university’s office of sustainability.
The stadium saw a significant increase in diversion rate from 3 percent at the start of the season to 33 percent during the last game, said Keller.
The school has also added a Wear Red, Think Green campaign to educate the public on the recycling effort at Camp Randall Stadium.