Alec Baldwin is the new face and voice for the US Tennis Associations new PSAs for GreenSlam discussing how this year's US Open tennis championship is going green!
Here are some details and a video thanks to Ecorazzi:
* Renewable energy certificates matching the electricity consumption of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center will be issued during the 2010 U.S. Open.
* Site-wide composting will be available across the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center complex along with comprehensive recycling of glass, cans, plastic and cardboard.
* 20,000 tennis ball cans will be recycled and 60,000 balls will be reused and then donated to various programs following the U.S. Open.
* Common concession stand items such as cups, plates and utensils will now contain bio-materials and food will be expanded to include locally grown, natural and organic offerings.
* Paper products (such as napkins and towels) now contain varying degrees of post-consumer content, some as high as 100%.
* Various types of U.S. Open merchandise are now made with post consumer waste and even the tickets/paper souvenirs are made with recycled content.
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