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Titans outline sustainability goals for current and new Nissan Stadium, report diversion and composting results
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The Tennessee Titans and stadium partners described a sustainability program that includes expanded recycling and composting at the current stadium, a goal of zero waste for the new stadium, a planned resource-recovery room, pursuit of LEED certification and rainwater reuse in the new design.
The Tennessee Titans and stadium operations partners presented sustainability work to the Metro Sports Authority, outlining current waste-diversion efforts at the existing Nissan Stadium and sustainability features planned for the new stadium.
Shannon Myers, chief financial officer for the Titans and executive sponsor of the internal sustainability committee, said the organization formed a committee in 2023 and developed a sustainability statement committing the Titans and Nissan Stadium “to fostering a sustainable future, reducing our environmental footprint, and amplifying impactful solutions.” Myers said the organization has an “audacious” goal of achieving zero waste in the new stadium and has begun back-of-house composting and post-event sorting at the current stadium as preparation.
The Titans said a 2024 internal waste audit and subsequent changes — double bowl picks by janitorial staff, post-game sorting with contracted partners, and additional recycling receptacles adjacent to trash cans — allowed the team to divert a significant quantity of material. Presenters reported the following results for 2024 (as stated at the meeting): diversion of approximately 209,000 pounds of waste in 2024 through recycling, compost and cardboard programs; 1.6 million cans, cups and bottles sorted and diverted (a figure the presenters said equates to an estimated $78,000 in value from recycling); composting of roughly 24,000 pounds of food scraps; donation of about 5,000 meals; and diversion of about 74,000 pounds of cardboard.
The Titans also reported a mobility pilot with WIGO (a ride platform) in which the Titans subsidized rides on home football Sundays; the team said roughly 12,000 subsidized rides transported fans to games and that the broader program recorded about 150,000 rides across the season under the partnership. Myers said the team marketed the offer through “know before you go” emails, the team website and social channels and that partners such as WM and Coca-Cola have been integral to the program.
On the new stadium, Kellen DeCourcy said the design will include a rainwater-collection system that stores roughly 400,000 gallons for reuse in toilets, cooling-tower makeup and irrigation. DeCourcy said the team is pursuing LEED Gold certification for the new stadium and will create a roughly 7,000-square-foot “resource recovery room” to process sorted materials indoors rather than outdoors. He also said the demolition of the existing stadium — planned to begin after the final game in early 2027 — will be planned for high diversion of materials, with a contractor target of 98% material diversion from the landfill through reuse and recycling.
Myers emphasized the initiatives are a multi-year effort and that the Titans will continue to refine tracking and report more detailed data in future meetings.
