Austin, Texas – University of Texas Athletics has been named one of the Environmental Innovators of the Year by the Green Sports Alliance for the second year in a row, the organization announced Wednesday. The awards, now in their eighth year, recognize and applaud the best in sports and sustainability.
Texas Athletics created a multi-year zero waste strategy for all of its events to achieve zero waste by 2020. Throughout the six football games during the 2018 season, Texas was able to achieve a best single-game diversion rate of 76 percent. It generated a total of 347 tons of waste and diverted 105.