For Immediate Release
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Contact: Mitch Brindley, President, Inter-Collegiate Sailing
Association
(ICSA)
Phone: 757-287-1201, Email: [email protected]
Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association announces environmental
initiative.
The ICSA Board of Directors has announced an initiative to eliminate
single-use plastic bottles from all Inter-Collegiate Sailing
Association
(ICSA) regattas in an effort to reduce plastic waste from the
landfills, the
oceans, and the environment in general.
The directive issued includes a requirement for ICSA regatta hosts to
provide a suitable water source to replace bottled water customarily
purchased by each sailing team at each regatta throughout the sailing
season. Collegiate sailors will be required to bring reusable water
bottles
to events. Recycling bins will also be provided at each regatta
site. The
stated purpose of this initiative is to "eliminate the amount of
single-use
water bottles at ICSA events to the extent practicable."
Working with Sailors for the Sea, a non-profit organization composed
of
sailors that educates and empowers the boating community to protect
and
restore the oceans and coastal waters, the ICSA hopes to reduce and
perhaps
eliminate entirely the approximately 25,000 single-use bottles
purchased
each season for ICSA regattas. More information about Sailors for
the Sea
can be found at www.sailorsforthesea.org.
Several facts have contributed to this decision. Single-use plastic
bottles
of water cost up to 10,000 times the cost of tap water. Bottled
water does
not undergo the quality testing that tap water does. Seventeen million
barrels of oil are used in the production of water bottles yearly. The
bottles take thousands of years to degrade and contribute to litter
problems
onshore and offshore. Only 1 in 5 water bottles are recycled; the
other 4
contribute to 3 billion pounds of waste.
ICSA is also partnering with Klean KanteenR to provide high quality,
food-grade stainless steel reusable water bottles to the college
sailors at
a discount. More information is available at
www.KleanKanteen.com/collegesailing.
About College Sailing
The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) is the governing
authority
for sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the
United
States and some parts of Canada. The ICSA promotes, legislates,
supervises,
and provides overall guidance to 7 member regional conferences and
affiliated institutions. The ICSA's 200 member teams compete in over
370
ICSA events annually. More information is available at
www.collegesailing.org.
About Klean KanteenR
Klean Kanteen created the first BPA-free metal bottle designed for
personal
hydration. The family-owned company was created in 2004 and is based
in
Chico, Calif. The founders of the company were concerned about both
the
environmental impacts of plastic use and the early research linking
certain
plastics and BPA to a growing list of illnesses including cancer,
heart
disease and diabetes. Klean Kanteens were created to give people an
environmentally friendly, healthy alternative to plastic and aluminum
bottles. All Klean Kanteen products are made with high quality, 18/8,
food-grade stainless steel and are responsibly manufactured in China
at a
partner facility that is committed to strong environmental and labor
standards. Learn more at www.kleankanteen.com.
-ICSA-
Mitch Brindley
President, Intercollegiate Sailing Association
757 287-1201 m
757 683-3387 w
757 683-6124 f
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