 Poster: A snowHead
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I've found one firm in France that does it, based in Albertville. Apart from that it seems that old skis get incinerated or dumped in landfill... probably in Africa. That doesn't seem very good for the environment.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ski recycling is the least of your concerns if you're worried about the environmental impact of your participation. I can't imagine there is a more environmentally damaging mass participation sport!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Csb123 wrote: |
| Ski recycling is the least of your concerns if you're worried about the environmental impact of your participation. I can't imagine there is a more environmentally damaging mass participation sport! |
Golf? With the huge amounts of irrigation - particularly in deserts.
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Be interesting to see some stat's ut its the travel to remote regions that's the killer for skiing. Right down to the heated lifts dropping us at the top of mountains.
Golf tends to be quite local.
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@Csb123, not that local, people I know regularly fly abroad for golf holidays.
Clearly motorsport is the winner here, not only are there huge amounts of travel involved but also the sport itself.
But none of that is a reason to completely discount recycling or thinking environmentally. Yes I fly around the world to ski, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t recycle things.
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Golf tends to be quite local. |
Not in Scotland, it’s not. It’s a massive international tourism business, with loads of American and scandinavian visitors annually.
However I would be interested to see a comparison between the two sports, as both are very water intensive and have impact on biodiversity, as well as the travel and accommodation infrastructure.
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What about football for moving pure numbers of people about, in their own country and to others? Also monumental amount of money to achieve what?
Just the policing resources in this country to control a big football match is shameful.
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I thought we were talking about public participation, not the professional side. Footy as a participant at grasroots is pretty efficient, 22 people on a grassed park. I guess golf also generates more regular attendance than seasonal and occasional skiing holidays.
Absolutely agree that efforts to be sustainable aren't mutually exclusive.
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Great to hear there’s recycling davidof. I think every little helps and if it’s one small thing you can do to help then why not?
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As to the original question, I'd guess it's difficult to separate the component materials. Doing so may in reality use more energy than making them in the first place.
You'd think that to incinerate would at least provide a heat source, but still emit undesirable elements during process.
The football analysis stands up in that you may have two professional teams competing in a stadium, but all of the supporter groups participate in resource use to see them. Therefore cannot be subtracted from environmental impact. Supporters may not be "participants" in the field game, but to ignore secondary elements is fallacy.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Same for any spectator sport then.
How long do skis last (or take to become unfashionably obsolete)? Should be functionally useable for 20 weeks shouldn't they?
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I'm planning on making a chair with my boards once I retire then. Going to be a while barring some serious accidents though.
I reckon ski shelves could be cool
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You know it makes sense.
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I did wonder whether skis might make a good laminate flooring! That'd be pretty cool.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Not sure, but I think you would go through a lot of cutting blades/discs to get the edges aligned
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Good idea. There must be a use in the mountains that would save transporting them. Avalanche fences?
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Armchairs and benches in Hemel (?) made out old skis and and boards look very cool .
Even seen a rocking chair somewhere, rockers being a pair of skis bent upwards
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| Csb123 wrote: |
Same for any spectator sport then.
How long do skis last (or take to become unfashionably obsolete)? Should be functionally useable for 20 weeks shouldn't they? |
Mine are 8 years old, so they probably have around 40 weeks skiing on them, maybe a bit more, but I hit a rock before Christmas and blew an edge and they are not economical to fix.
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