{"id":49376,"date":"2019-09-18T13:20:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=49376"},"modified":"2019-09-18T13:20:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:20:37","slug":"football-managers-new-goooooaaalll-is-less-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2019\/09\/18\/football-managers-new-goooooaaalll-is-less-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Manager&#8217;s new goooooaaalll is less waste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Miles meets Hector Bellerin | Climate Change | Football Manager 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wf4ZY19cLcA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sega and Sports Interactive are using a new eco-friendly package for retail versions of Football Manager 2020. The reinforced cardboard sleeve and recyclable polyethylene shrink wrap replaces the standard hard plastic case that you see now. The new packaging costs about 30% more than the current boxes, but that difference is partially offset with a reduced cost for shipping and destruction on excess manufacturing. Studio director Miles Jacobson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballmanager.com\/news\/fm20-packaging\">estimates<\/a> a 20-ton plastic savings over a print run, which would equal a gigantic difference if adopted by the gaming industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Going digital reduces a lot more plastic waste, of course, but pundits continue to debate the cost and energy of server farms against the distribution and manufacturing of media. Hit the pitch with your vuvuzela and make yourself heard!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sega and Sports Interactive are using a new eco-friendly package for retail versions of Football Manager 2020. 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