INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Sunday’s home opener for the Kansas City Chiefs is taking on an environmental mission.

Arrowhead Stadium will be the NFL’s first to widely serve drinks in reusable plastic cups. Bold Reuse, a company that promotes reusable plastics for sports facilities, plans to wash and sterilize thousands of durable plastic cups each week.

Sunday will mark the company’s first implementation at Arrowhead Stadium, making the home of the Chiefs the first NFL home field to offer only reusable plastics.

Bold Reuse’s facility in Independence resembles a giant dishwasher, where people and machines work to clean cups from previous games, inspecting them for any cracks or stains.

Jay Raines, who manages Bold Reuse’s programs in Kansas City, said special collection bins will be placed arou

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