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Discovery Channel Eco-Challenge environmental guidelines apply not only to competitors but to all event staff, camera crews and media, these rules include:
Hiking and biking — wherever a trail exists use it.
Camping sites — must be chosen to cause little or no disruption to soil or vegetation. Camping sites must be at least 300 feet from isolated water sources to allow wildlife access. No campfires are permitted, and only approved stoves are allowed.
Pack it in, pack it out — in the rainforest and on waterways, solid human waste must be packed out. In all other areas, solid human waste must be buried and all paper products, plastic containers, and all other refuse must be packed out.

Environmental community service at every race location mandatory for all competitors to assist a local environment clean-up effort designed to give something back to the local community. Disqualification and a life ban from all future DCEC events for any team that breaches the tough environmental code

On-site clean-up efforts are conducted by a unique partnership between Discovery Channel and Clean Up the World, an internationally recognized organization dedicated to environmental and conservation projects.

Participants in Australia planted indigenous flora along the banks of Freshwater Creek re-establishing native vegetation and improving water quality flowing to the Great Barrier Reef. The local service project for Morocco has yet to be announced.

Environmental projects in conjunction with past competitions include:
1995: Competitors racing in Utah collected 70 tons of recyclable metal inspiring the town to start their own recycling program. In the same year in New England, competitors renovated an abandoned park to give the town's children somewhere to play.
August '96: A polluted estuary in British Columbia was cleared of 100 years worth of rubbish.

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(The above information was provided by Discovery Channel Eco-Challenge.)