{"id":344,"date":"2010-05-21T18:22:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T22:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletinbag.mivamerchant.net\/blog\/?p=344"},"modified":"2025-05-29T13:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T17:05:25","slug":"nhl-goes-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/nhl-goes-green\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Announces Green Initiative, Swaps Reusable Bags for Plastic Bags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL, with support from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), is launching a <a title=\"NHL Green Initiative\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/2010\/05\/20\/nhl-announces-green-initiative-alliance-nrdc\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">League-wide green initiative<\/a> to promote sustainable living and business practices. NHL Green demonstrates the League\u2019s commitment to ecological responsibility, while educating fans and raising awareness of environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p>The NHL also announced today that it will replace 30,000 plastic shopping bags with <a title=\"Bulletin Bag Reusable Bags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/view-all-products-in-shop.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">reusable bags<\/a> during the Stanley Cup Final.\u00a0 The commemorative bags, which feature the 2010 Stanley Cup Final logo, will be available for a limited time to consumers who make purchases of $10 or more at arena shops in the two Stanley Cup Final markets and at the NHL Powered by Reebok store in midtown New York City.<\/p>\n<p>From the retrofitting of Philips Arena in Atlanta to become the first existing NHL or NBA arena to achieve LEED certification to the construction of the new CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh to LEED gold standards, NHL Clubs have made sustainable business practices a priority for several years.<\/p>\n<p>Fans clicking on the <a title=\"NHL Green\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nhl.com\/ice\/eventhome.htm?location=\/nhlgreen\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">NHL Green<\/a> button on the NHL.com home page are transported to the home of news stories and videos focused upon the League&#8217;s sustainability activities, NRDC-compiled tips for fans on how to live a more eco-friendly life and links to sites that will provide more information and resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL, with support from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), is launching a League-wide green initiative to promote sustainable living and business practices. 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