TITLE:
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Contributions Made by Football Clubs in England
AUTHORS:
Adekunle Dosumu, Ian Colbeck, Rachel Bragg
KEYWORDS:
Football, Spectators, Waste, Emissions
JOURNAL NAME:
Atmospheric and Climate Sciences,
Vol.4 No.4,
September
30,
2014
ABSTRACT: Greenhouse gas
(GHG) emission from waste is a major environmental problem. Globally, the waste
management sector contributes an estimated 5% of the total anthropogenic GHG
emissions. This paper estimates GHG emissions from football clubs in the England,
where football is the highest profile and most popular sport, with large
numbers of spectators and significant quantities of waste being produced.
Football clubs should be more committed to reducing their GHG emissions by
improving their waste management. The amount of GHG emitted from eight football
tiers in England is assessed through methods including interviews, observations
and questionnaires. The results reveal that in the 2012/13-football season,
over 9 million spectators watched football in the lower leagues, with mean
waste per spectator of 3.27 kg. 30,146,000 kg of waste was generated at the 8
football tiers, and the amount of waste sent to the landfill was about 74,000,000
kg, which resulted in GHG emissions of approximately 2,100,000 kg CO2e.
The implications for better waste management at football leagues are outlined.