Infineon Raceway Is A Green Place To Be

On the face of it all, NASCAR and other motor sports seems to be a wasteful endeavor and hurtful on the environment overall.

Though the hills aren't always that green at the track, but green can be an attitude. As for saving the environment or at least doing their part, Infinion Raceway accumulated some interesting statistics headed in that direction.

During the 2008 season at it's various events, the track collected an amazing 17 tons of recyclable materials. Eesh... I kind of feel sorry for the staff that had handle all that.

The breakdown for the 2008 motor-racing season included:
· 18,928 pounds of glass OR 35,768 glass bottles.
· 13,366 pounds of plastic bottles OR 179,639 plastic bottles.
· 2,274 pounds of aluminum cans OR 66,628 cans.
· Which makes a sum of 34,568 pounds OR 282,035 beverage containers in all.

The program at the track, which was started in 2004, is managed by Environmental Event Management Group.

Besides the containers noted above, Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc., provides oil recycling and re-refining services to Infineon Raceway, as well as 64 other racetracks/drag strips around the country. Everything that Safety-Kleen collects during an event such as motor oil, gasoline or antifreeze, is eventually put back into a usable product.

Safety-Kleen processes over 300 million gallons of oil a year, and every bit helps.


source: NASCAR Press Release