Flamengo recycles more than 35 tons of garbage collected at Maracanã
The action took place in home games in the 2018 Brasileirão; see the numbers
By Isabela Abirached - inIn the last Brasileirão, the Flamengo scored a stunning goal off the field. In partnership with Ecco Ponto (recycling company) and Kioto Ambiental (logistics company), the club collected 18 tons of waste at Maracanã Stadium in 54,4 home matches. Only the derby against Vasco was prevented from collecting the waste due to the truckers' strike.
Of the total waste, 35,5 tons were recyclable: cardboard, disposable cups, plastic, Tetra Pak packaging, colored paper, PET bottles, glass, iron, and aluminum cans. See the campaign's figures:
Recycled materials:Paper - 10.169,10 kg
Plastic - 21.755,60 kg
Metal - 1.148 kg
Glass - 2.432 kg
Natural Resources Calculator*:
- An area equivalent to 15 "Maracanãs" of forests would be needed to produce the amount of paper that was recycled.
- More than 1,2 million disposable cups were recycled
- 1 million liters of water saved
- 162.274,95 kWh saved, which is equivalent to the average annual consumption of 103 people
- 86.192,34 kg reduction in CO² emissions
- 21.755,6 kg of recycled plastics = 2.901 liters of oil saved
- 1.138,35 kg of recycled metal = 5.692 kg of ore saved
To motivate the collectors involved in the action - which maintained 50 direct and indirect jobs in the recycling production chain - the club also held raffles for official shirts and the Nação Rubro-Negra Program.
*Indicators:
IPT - Institute of Technological Research
SBRT - Brazilian Technical Response Service
PUC - Paraná - Environmental Education/ Benefits of Recycling
WEB - RESOL - curiosities / ABIVIDRO
Embrapa - Eucalyptus Cultivation
ANP - National Petroleum Agency
MCT - Ministry of Science and Technology
AMBIENTEBRASIL - Solid Waste
Eletrobras
IBGE