This info graphic explains how to use a sport event to sequester carbon and create a legacy that kicks off a circular economy.

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Sports
Events
BASELINE
The London Olympics:
Carbon Dioxide
Electricity
Hot Water
Fuel
Biogas,
Digested
waste
Biochar
Biochar plus
digested waste =
fertilizer
Biochar Sequesters
carbon in soil
BIOGAS
DIGESTER
BIOCHAR
MACHINE
Other
Wet, organic waste like
food
Dry organic waste like
paper and wood
Waste from the event and city
Biogas
Currently, 75% of
waste is dumped in
landfill, a lot of it
illegally.
GREENING
From digestion of wet organic
waste from city
BiocharSequestration
Packaging
Biogas
Fuel
Production gives char, heat and
electricity
Soil improvement products
containing carbon sequester for
thousands of years
Comes from people travelling to
the area
Dry waste from wood and paper
packaging is charred and
sequestered to compensate
travel emissions
from biogas powers agriculture
and rest of food production chain
Creating a legacy
Infrastructure
loans
Legacy
fund
Sequestration
Contracts
Funding
Capacity
Building
CO2 > > > C > Soil improvement > sequestration
Green jobs…………………………………………………………………………….
Services
Legacy fund
Collects funds as pre—payment for carbon
dioxide sequestration- paid back with profits
from services
Services
From waste stream comes energy, carbon
for sequestration and soil improvement
products
Benefits
• creates green jobs
• zero net emissions of carbon
• increases soil productivity
• lasting legacy of green economy
The London reference
footprint (olympics)is
3,4MtCO2e
Spectator air travel
is 345kt CO2e
FIGURES
3 million ticketed
spectators at the
London Olympics
generated a huge waste
stream
With the price of Co2
at 12-20 Euro per ton
the total carbon
budget for an event is
billions of Euros for
air travel alone