Du Motion – Runners’ Days Dubrovnik BY Dubrovnik Sports Association

Target group of the activity: Participants in the Du Motion Half Marathon (both athletes and volunteers)

Dubrovnik Sports Association organizes a Half Marathon during the event Du Motion – Runners’ Days Dubrovnik. We have tried to lower the Carbon footprint by:

– using paper vs. plastic cups

– using tap water instead of water from plastic containers

– collecting and recycling paper and plastic waste in cooperation with local Waste company and Coca-Cola company.

There are 12 water stations along the course and 1 in the finish zone.

During the event we use approximately 30,000 cups, so we have eliminated a large number of plastic single-use cups to be used.

We have used tap water to refill all of the cups, thus eliminating bottled water. We have worked together with the local waste company which gave us appropriate large Waste disposal containers at each station, so volunteers (which included members from all 5 sports clubs) would collect them after they were discarded by the runners and throw them in appropriate waste containers. These were later recycled by the local waste company.

At the finish line, we have to use plastic bottles, but have once again partnered with Coca-Cola which produced special recycling bins where plastic waste was separated, and later on recycled.