[Albion] Drinks at the Amex.

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Those daft recycling bins at the Amex need a major redesign. Either that or splitting physically in half. Currently, if you stoop double, you can just about make out a tiny wee graphic on the side of the bins showing what's supposed to go where. Always go through the motions of trying me best to do the right thing and always end up thinking ah ****it and randomly choosing left or right. Strongly suspect that just about everybody else does exactly the same. Why not just a bloody big sign on TOP of the bins saying BEER GLASSES HERE or FOOD CONTAINERS HERE. Currently, the bins are not really fit for recycling purpose.

 

[Postman Pat]

I notice that the Premier League have a partner called Sky Ocean Rescue, who are using education within football clubs to help stop the proliferation of single use plastic. However, there doesn't appear to be a huge amount going on with it and, at best, they're only paying lip service to it.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/694812?sf191075409=1&sf191347433=1

From that press release, Spurs have banned single-use straws - which is a start. I hope the Albion do - especially as a large number of pubs in Brighton (maybe even the majority) now ban them.

Each club runs its own initiative (rather than indulging in joined up thinking - or even having targets imposed by the PL), and the noises coming from the Albion aren't overly encouraging. Put it this way, if the club and Sodexo had a great new scheme to announce, I'd like to think they'd be shouting it from the highest rooftops. Here's hoping they do...

Sodexo already have apparently:

Sodexo says no to plastic straws and stirrers

24 May 2018

Sodexo in the UK and Ireland has banned the purchase of all plastic straws and stirrers, and committed to phase out single use plastic bags and polystyrene foam items such as cups, lids and food containers by 2020.

As a company that promises to improve the quality of life of people, corporate responsibility lies at the core of everything Sodexo does. Sodexo acknowledges that waste is one of its biggest collective challenges. Through its Better Tomorrow 2025 corporate responsibility roadmap Sodexo has identified waste as one of areas it wants to make significant progress and in the UK and Ireland has made a commitment to ensure 70% of its waste is recycled or reused by 2020, rising to 90% by 2025.

https://uk.sodexo.com/files/live/si...leases/2016/Sodexo bans straws & stirrers.pdf

 

[Baldseagull]

Sodexo already have apparently:

Sodexo says no to plastic straws and stirrers

24 May 2018

Sodexo in the UK and Ireland has banned the purchase of all plastic straws and stirrers, and committed to phase out single use plastic bags and polystyrene foam items such as cups, lids and food containers by 2020.

As a company that promises to improve the quality of life of people, corporate responsibility lies at the core of everything Sodexo does. Sodexo acknowledges that waste is one of its biggest collective challenges. Through its Better Tomorrow 2025 corporate responsibility roadmap Sodexo has identified waste as one of areas it wants to make significant progress and in the UK and Ireland has made a commitment to ensure 70% of its waste is recycled or reused by 2020, rising to 90% by 2025.

https://uk.sodexo.com/files/live/si...leases/2016/Sodexo bans straws & stirrers.pdf

Yes, I had seen that, but a cup that is nice looking so that supporters want to take it home, could stuff their targets. A plain cup would ensure most are returned, but then it becomes very expensive compared to single use cups.

 

[Geestar]

You can buy beer at half time?!?

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[BN9 BHA]

Those daft recycling bins at the Amex need a major redesign. Either that or splitting physically in half. Currently, if you stoop double, you can just about make out a tiny wee graphic on the side of the bins showing what's supposed to go where. Always go through the motions of trying me best to do the right thing and always end up thinking ah ****it and randomly choosing left or right. Strongly suspect that just about everybody else does exactly the same. Why not just a bloody big sign on TOP of the bins saying BEER GLASSES HERE or FOOD CONTAINERS HERE. Currently, the bins are not really fit for recycling purpose.

This 100%.
I have never worked out which is which, but neither have I stopped, put on my reading glasses and got down on my knees to read the small signs.
If I have an empty plastic beer glass I leave it on a shelf in the concourse, rather than have a game of guess which side of the bin it goes in.

 

[Supadupahands]

I never buy a beer at a game as I go to watch the football

Why can't you do both, what a weird thing to say

 

[pauli cee]

Is this a problem that actually needs fixing? I don’t think so..

Personally I think it really is.
Unless you really don't care about the future of our planet.
I see the the Spuds are doing something about non renewable plastics at their new ground (not the fans),
Personally I think this would catch on pretty well at Falmer

 

[Wardy's twin]

If you had a plastic tube as wide as the the top a plastic glass you could recycle the 'glasses' in a much smaller foot print.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Went to see Nice v Marseilles last season. Nice have sturdy plastic cups with their badge on it. So good, I brought it home and still use it.

 

[The Large One]

Went to see Nice v Marseilles last season. Nice have sturdy plastic cups with their badge on it. So good, I brought it home and still use it.

Do they do a deposit scheme for the first beer?

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Do they do a deposit scheme for the first beer?

No, you just buy your pint and that's it.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

No, you just buy your pint and that's it.

Well I say that, to be honest I don't know, I was always keeping it as a souvenir anyway.

 

[The Large One]

No, you just buy your pint and that's it.

Interesting.

One of the problems here would be any caterer paying more for the more expensive cups, and passing the cost on to us.

Not nice - if you excuse the awful pun.

 

[LowKarate]

Is it too much to ask that we might each be given one of these to improve our imbibing experience?

 

[Bozza]

Meanwhile at Bristol Rovers...

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[Green Cross Code Man]

Meanwhile at Bristol Rovers...

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I'm currently at the Firle Vintage Fair and have just been served a lovely pint of Harvey's in one of those!

 

[Taybha]

 

[Baldseagull]

Meanwhile at Bristol Rovers...

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If you look into that type of cup further, you discover a few problems, it needs to get up to a certain temperature to start decomposing, and requires a specialist industrial composting facility to do that properly. Despite what it says it is a plastic cup, it is PLA, polylactic acid and is a thermoplastic, it won't compost in your bin at home and rarely in landfill, in the ocean it lasts about as long as any other plastic, and if it gets into recycling centres it is considered a contaminant to other plastics that ruins the batch. It's only real benefit is that as it is made from corn starch, it has used some CO2 from the atmosphere whilst the corn was growing. Re-usable is better, at end of life the cups are at least all collected together and are easily sent for correct type of recycling.

 

[Cullip4]

Sussex seem to have have it spot on £1 deposit for a branded cup, keep it (I’m guessing there is a small profit) or take it back for your pound back, some of them seem to be printed with players (we have Wright and Mills) which could make them collectible bringing in enough money to pay for the dishwasher


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