Eco-friendly utensils to be used

Green protocol will be put in place for the India-West Indies one-day cricket match at the greenfield stadium at Karyavattom on November 1.

A meeting, presided over by Mayor V.K. Prasanth, decided that only reusable utensils or eco-friendly disposable utensils should be used for distribution of food.

Water bottles

For drinking water, extended producer responsibility would be implemented as per which producers should take back the bottles for recycling.

Tickets would be sold online and spectators only need to only download these on mobile phones and show them at the stadium entrance. Printouts should be avoided to the extent possible. The Corporation would take up the post-match clean-up, the cost for which will be borne by the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA). All promotional activities related to the match would convey the message of the green protocol.

The Corporation would make licences compulsory for vendors at the stadium on match day. They would have to enter into an agreement with the Corporation that any business would be conducted as per the green protocol. A meeting of vendors would be called next week, a statement from the Corporation here said.

A vending zone would be arranged for street vendors doing business outside the stadium. Temporary licences would be given to them.

Corporation Health standing committee chairperson K. Sreekumar, secretary L.S. Deepa, KCA president Sajan K. Varghese, Sports Hub CEO Ajau Padmanabhan, Suchitwa Mission programme officer Amirsha, PepsiCo India representatives Sreejin K.P. and John Thomas, and Kazhakuttam zonal health inspector Satheeshkumar were present at the meet.