Madrid will soon open the first basketball court in the world to be entirely created from glass recycled by citizens.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himMadrid will soon open the first basketball court in the world to be entirely created from glass recycled by citizens.
Environmental education and sport. The first municipal basketball court in the world created by recycling glass will soon be inaugurated in Madrid. It happens in the Parque de Atenas, in the central district of the capital, whose public sports facility will see the use of 22 thousand kilos of glass recovered by the citizens.
In fact, to promote the initiative and raise awareness among the people of Madrid on the importance of recycling and reuse, 40 containers in the shape of colorful basketballs on which stands the campaign motto: “Be the most valuable player in recycling”.
All this is the result of a close agreement between the NBA for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Department of Environment and Transport of the Municipality of Madrid and the Ecovidrio association. in the city the material that will give life to the first basketball court in the world in recycled material.
To the sound of "recicla y ganamos todos", "recycle and we will all win", the people of Madrid will be able to enjoy a very special field: a field that reminds them that everyone's collaboration is essential to make a city and the whole planet a more sustainable.
Madrid is not new to original environmental sustainability initiatives: buses with green roofs arrived in 02 to combat pollution and reduce C2017 emissions; just as, further back in time, the first intelligent parking meters were created to calculate the cost of parking and the recharging of the battery of electric cars with the braking of the subways was experimented. And, finally, returning to the union between sport and the environment, it was 2016 when at the Madrid Tennis Open the prize was a crown in recycled glass.
From waste to parking lots, passing through sport that often in a city is the driving force of many inhabitants, this is how a capital of 3 million residents can make its contribution to saving the environment.
By the way, have you seen all the miniglots of @NBAspain teams we have? ✌️ #MVPdelReciclaje pic.twitter.com/iQbCY9Yulf
- ECOVIDRIO (@ecovidrio) January 22, 2019
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