We have solutions to keep unsold food from sporting events, concerts and other entertainment events out of landfills.
More than a million fans will descend on Phoenix this weekend for Super Bowl LVII and all of its accompanying events. While they get ready to cheer on the Eagles or the Chiefs, they’ll contribute to an estimated 2,000 tons of food and waste packaging from all the concerts, food festivals, and contests they attend around the city.
Super Bowl LVII, which goes down between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 12, is sure to feature trash talk. But host city Phoenix is aiming to minimize the amount of actual trash from game-day events that ends up in landfills.
Food recycling programs are essential to the success of music halls, amusement parks and stadiums and arenas. While these venues provide a source of fun and entertainment for millions of people every year, the food byproducts they generate can create a lot of issues. Although this food waste is often disposed of properly, it canend up in landfills and damage the environment. Our diversion programs make it simple to ensure that usable organic materials from your entertainment business don’t end up in landfills and are recycled into new products.
Our diversion initiatives have led us to partner with massive industries to help them reduce overall waste. We are proud to be a key component of the annual PGA Waste Management golf tournament and multiple NCAA football stadiums, as well as catering to the National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB). We also work with globally recognizable amusement parks, music festivals, and concert venues, and we are grateful to have been an integral part of handling the food waste from the 2023 Super Bowl in Glendale Arizona.
Waste diversion is an important part of being a responsible business in the entertainment industry. Not only does it help to reduce the amount of recyclable materials that end up in landfills, but it also reduces landfill gas emissions. By properly diverting organic materials like excess food, you can reduce the amount of resources that are used to process and store the waste.
Diversion also helps to conserve natural resources by using the diverted organics to produce useful products like compost, animal feed, fertilizers and biofuels. These products are incredibly valuable, having applications from agricultural production to energy production, as well as reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.
Finally, waste diversion is a powerful marketing tool. By showing that you’re actively working to reduce waste and help the environment, you’re demonstrating your commitment to sustainability.