Zero-waste Running
With climate change firmly on the agenda, it’s time for us runners to start making positive changes. Here’s how to reduce your impact on the planet
Words Claire Chamberlain
Unless you’ve been resolutely looking the other way, you will know that the climate crisis has been making almost daily headlines in recent months – and rightly so. From Sir David Attenborough’s stark warnings and Greta Thunberg’s inspiring global school strikes, to Extinction Rebellion activists shutting down Londonlandmarks and the UK Parliament declaring a climate emergency, it’s hard to ignore the very real message that we have just 11 years left to limit climate catastrophe.
As an individual, it’s easy to feel like we can’t do much about it – but we can. Of course we need governments and big businesses to start implementing drastic change but we – as consumers – can help to drive this change, and as runners we can collectively have a big impact.
While many of us probably think of ourselves as pretty savvy when it comes to being ‘green’ (after all, we don’t need loads of fancy equipment in order to run, and we can do so straight from our own front doors, creating zero carbon emissions),
300,000
TONNES
The amount of clothing sent to landfill each year in the UK
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