Implement waste actions in your sports club
Guidance on waste management for clubs and sporting organisations.
This guidance is designed to help, encourage and support sporting clubs and organisations implementing simple and effective waste actions that will positively impact environmental sustainability.
The toolkit contains practical advice and guidance on:
- Waste auditing
- Waste prevention
- Waste segregation
- Reuse
The toolkit is underpinned by guidance documents outlining the toolkit content and how it should be used.
Waste charter
The Waste Charter signifies your clubs or sporting organisations intent to become more sustainable over the coming months and years, and can be adopted to include your official Club name.
Baseline
The Desktop Audit guidance helps you identify and understand the quantity and type of waste generated by your club or sporting organisation, through completing the questionnaire and reviewing bills. The Auditing guidance provides guidance and advice on a more in-depth practical review of your waste practices and facilities, while the Waste Questionnaire, in both printable and online versions, is designed to help interested clubs to gather initial baseline information on how waste is managed in the club and how much of the various streams is being produced.
Actions
This section contains various guidance documents on simple, practical actions that your club or sporting organisation can take to reduce the amount of waste produced in the club and also to improve waste segregation and recycling.
Approach
The Waste Action Plan in this section, is a template containing various suggestions on the numerous waste management actions that can be undertaken within your club or sporting organisations which will help you identify and monitor the implementation of your priority actions. The plan includes a sample completed action plan which you can use to guide you, but remember, the plan can be changed and adopted depending on your clubs or sporting organisation.
Communications
Posters and social media templates contained in this section will help you communicate your waste action messages throughout the club and beyond. Assets include posters and social media assets on eliminating single-use plastic bottles and coffee cups in addition to promoting responsible waste management practices.
