Sustainability transcends the boundaries of human imagination and lies deeper into unfamiliar sectors. At football stadiums, the issue of waste is endemic. Plastic and other non-biodegradable materials have been causing serious pollution in the world.
Manchester City Football Club is dealing with issues of plastic waste by introducing edible cups. The edible cups can hold coffee for at 30 minutes before getting wet. Upon finishing the beverage, a customer can go on to consume the cup which is made up of edible material. Such innovations are scaling up the implementation of sustainable development in football.
A sport which is revered by many, shows great innovation and ability to bring solutions to a world which is facing pollution challenges.
Scaling up edible cups could help end the menace of plastic in many football stadiums. Edible cups are both sustainable and made of natural ingredients.
Plastic has long been blamed for effects on biodiversity, water pollution as well as emissions throughout its value chain. It is high time that scaling up of the alternative edible cups is done as a matter of urgency.
At the global level, football institutions are getting serious on sustainability. At the recently held COP-26 summit, the FIFA President reiterated FIFA’S commitment to climate neutrality through the Climate Action.