The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL), Massy Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) and Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) celebrated a successful signing partnership with the Trinidad and Tobago Solid Waste Management Company Limited (SWMCOL) last week to recycle plastic containers at the matches at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain and Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, San Fernando.
SWMCOL provided dedicated plastic recycling containers around the stadiums as well as booths set up to educate fans on the benefits of recycling and where they can drop off their recyclable waste in Trinidad and Tobago.
In total, 505 bags of recyclable waste were collected across the ten matches in Port-of-Spain and San Fernando on September 5 and 10 respectively, representing 5,088.6 pounds of recyclable materials that was diverted from landfill.
Pete Russell, CPL and WCPL CEO, said: “It is hugely important that we work with organisations like SWMCOL to reduce the impact that our tournaments have on the environment. We would like to express our thanks to SWMCOL for this great initiative and we are looking forward to engaging in more of these sorts of partnerships in other territories.”
SWMCOL’s CEO, Sean De Souza, said: “Cricket, especially the CPL in its current format, has always been the passion that unites us as a region—the beautiful Caribbean we call home. We are proud to associate SWMCOL with the CPL and TKR. We had the opportunity to celebrate with pride and joy while ensuring the public participated by keeping the celebration site clean by placing their recyclables in the bins provided. At the end of another fantastic event, we all won.”
Paul Skinner, TKR general manager, added, “The Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) have always been supportive of initiatives promoting green spaces and sustainability and this partnership with SWMCOL is another such example of our commitment. We are happy to have been able to contribute to the recycling effort and would like to thank our many fans who attended the games in Trinidad and Tobago for playing their part. Hopefully, this will continue in their daily lives.”