Seattle sports fans create tons of garbage, which is why Lumen Field's one-of-a-kind recycling program is essential, especially with the World Cup coming up soon.
Whether it’s a Seahawks game, Sounders match or concert, Seattle sports fans create tons of garbage. Nobody knows that better than Christy Briggs, who runs the recycling program at Lumen Field. "We are going through about 16 tons of waste from a Seahawks game. About eight tons of that is compost, about six is recycling, and the rest goes to landfill.
"So we went from having about a 12% contamination rate in our compost to less than 1%, which makes it easier and that much better as a compost product."Lumen Field holds nearly 72,000 fans, so waste builds up quickly. But for Christy, she loves talking trash."After a game, you look up and it's shiny with all the bottles sitting in the cup holders and you can kind of look around and see.
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