St. Louis Cardinals
Posted Monday, April 14th, 2008 by Craig
Being a huge Cardinal Fan as most people in this area can be, it was a real thrill for me to go and meet with the St. Louis Cardinals building operations today and discuss the new processes they have put in place and are looking into to be more green. They have added an additional self contained recycling dumpster which is serviced by QRS Recycling. The container is single stream recovery, which basically is everything other than the aluminum, that is collected in a separate container. Also they have added containers to put bottles, plastic and glass, along with cans in, so if you see a “roll away” bottle or can, please help out and throw them into the containers. You can also help out by taking them from your seat and throwing them in there appropriate containers. Labor is a big cost associated with recycling, all little bit helps from our end.
A couple of other cool things the Cards are doing is they are working with their suppliers to work on the products that are brought into the stadium. They are making a conscious effort to look at all the packaging, if it is recyclable or not. Also they are looking into if the Stadium qualifies to be certified through the USGBC LEED certification process.
Again for me it is just great to see the St. Louis Cardinals in transition to becoming more green in their efforts. Look for more to come with them and when your at the stadium give a quick hand, pick up a bottle or two and put them in a container. GO Cards!
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April 18th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
I recently found your website and was saddened to know that I can not use it for my own. However I am thrilled that someone has had the same thoughts as I have in creating a website dedicated to the “Greening” of Saint Louis. Now inso far as the Card’s are concerned I recently thought to myself and voice it to a few others that what the Cardinals need to do is contact Ameren UE and Co-op a Wind Turbine for power generation at Ball Park village. My thoughts are that Bush stadium should be run entirely by wind power during games and when not in use that power should be piped directly into the Grid. This would go along way to attaining LEED certification. One of the other options that Bush Stadium would have is Composting toilets and vermiculture to take care of their outfield and infield grasses and any flower beds along the enterances. So there you have it. I commend the Cardinals in their efforts to become more Ecofriendly and I hope they achieve that goal. I also thank you for for starting such a cool website.
April 24th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Great work! It’s about time the pulse of this city catches on!
April 24th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Bad Idea Jeans
Composting toilets..wind power…ugh.
Hippies don’t support baseball…baseball shouldn’t support hippies.