Demographics That Might Provide Helpful Context for Their Responses
16 years old
Multi-sport athlete
Upper-middle class family with one older brother
Wants to pursue chemical engineering
Key Findings from the Interview
Plays baseball and runs cross country; understands that sports can be wasteful but doesn't really see what could be done about it
When asked if there are any opportunities he sees for recycling in sports, the first thing that came to his mind was running shoes. He has seen a drop box at the Nike store where you can give your old athletic shoes to be recycled into blacktop materials, and he thinks that this is a concept that could be greatly expanded.
He also adds that a growing problem is how baseballs often get lost outside of fields, and they are not biodegradable, basically leaving litter in the wild.