MALLORCA CHAMPIONSHIPS: SUSTAINABLE TOURNAMENT

The tournament is once again making a firm commitment to sustainability. Conscious of the need to make further progress in this area, the tournament aims to make it clear that sustainability and sport must go hand in hand. The tournament has therefore taken a step forward in sustainability and has adopted the following big measures:

In this respect, the tournament counts the Austrian hydration brand waterdrop® as one of the main sponsors of the event. This is a crucial sustainable partnership as the brand’s aim is to encourage people to drink more water in a sustainable way. To do this, waterdrop® will provide the Mallorca Championships with smart hydration stations for the players on the court, but also with innovative hydration solutions, including hydration stations and a bar for the public. In addition, the tournament and waterdrop® will donate 1 euro to Mallorca Preservation Fund for each refillable bottle purchased at the tournament. The sale of these bottles is expected to save the tournament from using more than 50,000 plastic bottles during the event. “Our mission is to inspire people around the world to drink more water sustainably. We develop eco-friendly solutions to promote responsible tap water consumption and avoid bottling unsustainable and mostly unhealthy beverages”, added Martin Murray, CEO and founder of waterdrop®.

More than 19 million tennis balls are used every year in Spain. What happens after the balls have been used is something we rarely

consider and in most cases they end up in a rubbish bin without being recycled. This is more than 1,000 tonnes of rubber per year, which will take more than 100 years to decompose. As a society we have a challenge and that is why the ATP250 Mallorca Championships thanks to Green Ball and in collaboration with Rakuten through a process of energy recovery we close the circle of the circular economy by returning the balls to the market by turning them into energy, preventing them from ending up in landfill. We improve our carbon footprint. We also encourage all of you to bring tennis balls that you have at home and that you are not going to use any more, so that you can recycle them. The recycled balls could support a family for more than six months.