MLB gives green light to recycling

0 Comments | USA TODAY, March, 2008 | by Jorge L. Ortiz

Your next beer at the ballpark might be served in a container with the look and feel of a plastic cup but instead made of biodegradable cornstarch.

Using cornstarch cups, increasing recycling and installing solar panels and possibly wind turbines at ballparks are among the measures teams will consider as part of a major league-wide effort to reduce baseball's carbon footprint.

MLB will announce today a partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council to bolster teams' commitment to implementing environmentally sensitive practices.

The project, called the Team Greening Program, provides team-by-team advice on all operational aspects, from concessions to scouts' means of transportation. Teams will get information on how to address consumption...