Event Details | |
| Host | CLUB VELA CALELLA |
| Location | CALELLA DE PALAFRUGELL, Spain |
| Certification Level | Gold |
Best Practices Achieved
1. Eliminate Single-Use Water Bottles and Provide Water Refill Stations
We will have a water refill station on site at the event, with signage that encouraged refilling water bottles.
2. Eliminate Plastic Straws
Our event will be 100% plastic straw free: all beverages offered at the welcome party, and at the official race dinner, will be straw free.
3. Serve Food with Plastic-Free Dinnerware
Only ceramic tableware will be used during the meals.
4. Skip Bags or Go Reusable
All attendees will be provided reusable bags.
5. Award Practical Items or Use a Perpetual or Upcycled Trophy
Our trophies are made of wood and metal
6. Publicize Your Sustainability Efforts
The Club Vela Calella will have reusable signs posted at the registration area. The signs consisted of a description of the "clean regatta" campaign.
9. Serve Local Food or Source Seafood Sustainably
A hight percentage of the meals offered by Calella Sailing Club are local food based.
10. Organize a Green Team
The green team will be made up of different members, ensuring compliance with the "clean regatta" campaign by collecting informtion and submitting it online for the final report. Beach and sea staff had bags to separate organic/plastic litter on the beach and in the water.
11. Ensure Proper Waste Bin Placement and Signage
We will have staff on site ensuring all waste is removed from the beach, and disposing of it in the receptacles places specifically for the attendees.
12. Divert Food Waste from the Landfill
We will donate the leftover food to a local charity.
13. Use Paperless Event Management
the participants will have all the information about the reace available on our website. We also provided them with QR codes which redirected them tot the regatta section. At the registration area, participants will be able to check on a television screen the results and other information related to the race.
15. Promote Alternative Transportation
The Club Vela Calella will offer to sailors a list of hotels and apartments located as near as possible to the boat area. We also will provide them with information on biclycle rental.
12. Divert Food Waste from the Landfill
To minimize confusion in waste management, all the containers will be marked with explanatory signs, indicating what could be thrown in each.
16. Increase Awareness of Wildlife and Habitat Protection
Staff have a duty to ensure that boaters are aware of the efforts that have been made to achieve the ecological championship and why it is so important.
17. Offer Vegetarian or Vegan Alternatives
Local food and vegetarian or vegan alternatives will be served at the official regatta dinner.
1. Eliminate Single-Use Water Bottles and Provide Water Refill Stations
