Best Practice - Greening Events
Follow our best practice guidance to help you run greener events
and regattas
Pre Event Plans
- Decide which issues you would like to
tackle and get support from the committee
- Develop an Event Code of
Conduct for your club so that all events can be as
sustainable as possible
- Use internet and email as much as
possible for pre race communications
- Include environmental points or even a
Code of Conduct in the sailing instructions. e.g. at regattas
on Lake Garda the sailing instructions state that
if any litter goes overboard, even during capsize, then it must be
recovered
- Use FSC accredited
paper for any printing requirements
- Print double sided and in black and
white whenever possible
- Source locally produced food and
drinks
- Try and source products with minimal
packaging or packaging that can be easily recycled
- Ask outside caterers to supply food in
recyclable containers
- Provide good additional recycling and
waste disposal facilities with good signage for
larger events
- Ask for volunteers to do litter
picks
- Check out the www.marinetoolkit.co.uk/ to
see what other improvements can be made to your club
- Request advice from The Green Blue or
the RYA Planning and Environment Team
- Install rainwater harvesting equipment
so that boats can be washed down without using treated water
- Encourage car sharing to reduce
emissions
- Source recyclable bow stickers
- Work towards BS8901 Standard for
Sustainable Events
- Read Guidance for Organisers of
Powerboat Racing
At the Event
- Brief competitors, race officials and
volunteers about the environmental features of your event so that
everyone knows what you are trying to achieve and will cooperate.
Ensure there are plenty of visual reminders on the day about
recycling waste, refilling water bottles etc
- Avoid using disposable cups and
plates. Or if not possible ensure they are recyclable and that
recycling facilities exist
- Provide reusable water bottles to
prevent use of plastic cups or bottles and provide clear signage to
direct people to where they can refill them with drinkable
water.
- Ensure safety boats (including those
borrowed from other clubs) follow the best practice measures
on our RIB checklist
- Ensure any vinyl bow stickers are correctly applied by
competitors to prevent coming loose in the water
The Competitors
- Ask competitors
to wash down their boats before arriving at and leaving your site
to reduce the spread of marine non-native species from one location to
another
- Encourage
competitors to use your harvested rainwater for boat
washdown.
- Encourage competitors to recycle
waste
- Encourage the use of reusable water
bottles
- Ensure there are sufficient facilities
to dispose of hazardous waste
- Encourage car sharing
- Encourage competitors to use low
phosphate/environmentally friendly cleaners
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