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University of Texas at Austin and Huston-Tillotson University Named Winners of Inaugural College Sports Sustainability Makeover Contest

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Vancouver, WA (July 6, 2016)—On June 30, the University of Texas at Austin and Huston-Tillotson University were announced as the two inaugural winners of the College Sports Sustainability Makeover Contest at the Green Sports Alliance Summit in Houston, TX.

The contest was designed to highlight college athletics’ unique and powerful impact on community sustainability; to influence fans’ sustainability behaviors where they live, work, and play; and to boost college sports’ sustainability capacity.

Contest sponsors GreenDrop Recycling Stations from Pacific Cascade Corporation, Eco-Products, EcoSafe Zero Waste, Max-R, and the University of Colorado Boulder Environmental Center provided prizes and support packages valued at over $50,000 for each winning campus. Contest partners included the Green Sports Alliance and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

“The Makeover Contest was an overwhelming success as proven by the number of high quality submissions and the outstanding leadership of the two winning campuses,” said Scott Jenkins, Chair of the Green Sports Alliance Board of Directors. “College sports has distinguished itself as a sustainability leader capable of using its cultural and market influence to promote healthy, sustainable communities. We all win in that game.”

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Presenters and recipients at the Green Sports Alliance Summit; Lyle Peters, Director of Sales for the GreenDrop Stations is far right and Thomas C. Henderson, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Huston-Tillotson University of Austin, TX, is two before Peters.

The small-campus category winner, Huston-Tillotson University (HTU), a 141-year-old historically black institution, will receive ten new custom recycling and composting stations from GreenDrop Recycling, a supply of compostable foodware and bags, and on-site sustainability assistance from University of Colorado Boulder (UC) technical experts.

HTU has a robust commitment to sustainability, exemplified by the HTU Center for Sustainability and Environmental Justice and HTU’s goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2048. Additionally, HTU has an active student-led group, “Green is the New Black”, which seeks to promote sustainability issues as they impact minority stakeholders, and engage its students in all aspects of sustainability across all of its academic and athletics activities.

“We were honored to be part of this College Sustainability Contest”, stated Lyle Peters, Director of Sales for the GreenDrop Stations at Pacific Cascade. “This program will reward those institutions that promote environmental responsibility and sustainability not only to their students, but influence all campus visitors, while helping to impact an entire community”.

The large-campus category, the University of Texas at Austin (UT) will receive ten customized waste and recycling bins, a supply of compostable foodware, and on-site assessments from UC sports sustainability staff.

UT-Austin’s implementation of sustainability across many sports keyed its win by showing that even the biggest college athletics programs can implement comprehensive sustainability efforts. UT-Austin aligns athletics’ sustainability goals and actions with those of the campus and the City of Austin. Together, this leadership model demonstrates how a very large, research-intensive university can integrate sustainability across all facets of campus life and leverage the power of college sports to expose many fans to the benefits of sustainability principles and practices.

CONTACT

Pacific Cascade Corporation
Lyle Peters
14208 N.W. 3rd Court, Suite 200Vancouver, WA 98685-5759
(360) 574-9313
1-800-292-7275

LyleP@GreenDropRecycling.com

ABOUT PACIFIC CASCADE CORPORATION

Since 1987, Pacific Cascade has been providing the Parking, Hospitality, Traffic Enforcement, and the Environmental Sustainability Industries with products to manage and support their effective operational needs. GreenDropRecycling.com

ABOUT THE GREEN SPORTS ALLIANCE

The Green Sports Alliance leverages the cultural and market influence of sports to promote healthy, sustainable communities where we live and play. The nonprofit does so by inspiring sports leagues, teams, venues, their partners, and millions of fans to embrace renewable energy, healthy food, recycling, and other environmentally preferable practices. Alliance members represent more than 370 sports teams and venues from 20 different sports leagues and 14 countries. greensportsalliance.org

ABOUT THE COLLEGE SPORTS SUSTAINABILITY CONTEST

Winning campuses were chosen on the basis of need, suitability, leverage, and likelihood of success. Contest entries were received from 48 campuses in 24 states, including all campus types and athletics affiliations. This first of its kind contest ran from March to June 2016.

GreenDrop Recycling Stations join the Pittsburgh Pirates in their “Let’s Go Bucs. Let’s Go Green.” campaign.

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Pittsburgh, PA (June 1, 2016)–The Pittsburgh Pirates have added GreenDrop Stations to their “Let’s Go Bucs. Let’s Go Green.” campaign.  PNC Park and the Pittsburgh Pirates established an environmental sustainability program in 2008 that includes all daily operations.

Pittsburgh-Pirates-GreenDrop-PostThey have now added durable GreenDrop Recycling Stations to support their efforts. ADA-conforming GreenDrop Stations reduce landfill contributions by showing event attendees how to easily self-sort recyclable and/or compostable items out of the landfill waste stream.  The Pirates are reducing their environmental footprint while minimizing staffing expenses and being fiscally responsible through sustainable operations.

“The goal of the ‘Let’s Go Bucs. Let’s Go Green.’ program is to focus on landfill diversion, resource conservation, and educating PNC Park visitors”, stated Sissy Burkhart, the Manager of Cleaning Operations at PNC Park.  “Before this program, there were no set diversion practices so almost all of our waste went to landfills. Today, we are seeing the rewards of our sustainability efforts in supporting our community and involving fans in the process”.

Since the launch of “Let’s Go Bucs. Let’s Go Green.” campaign, the Pirates and PNC Park have recycled more than 6 million pounds of material, and successfully diverted approximately 75% of waste away from the waste stream.  The PNC Park has recycled 78 Million plastic bottles, collected 644 tons of compostable materials in the 2014 season alone, and used environmentally friendly paper including toilet paper that is made of 100% recycled materials.

To further increase their sustainability efforts at PNC Park, the Pittsburgh Pirates have chosen to add GreenDrop Recycling Stations to their Executive offices. GreenDrop Stations have worked in other venues of the Green Sports Alliance of which the Pirates are an active member.

“Using a composting waste stream option can remove tons of organic material normally going to landfills.  That will help slow down the production of methane, a hazardous contributor to greenhouse gas, from entering our atmosphere”, added Burkhart.

The unique, market-leading GreenDrop Recycling Station was developed through the multi-year efforts of the Portland Trail Blazers head office and the Moda Center. The arena’s landfill diversion rate increased from 38% in 2007 to over 90% in 2012, in part by replacing old-style garbage cans with GreenDrop Recycling Stations. GreenDrop stations reduce landfill contributions by visually showing users how to properly dispose of recyclable and compostable items.  GreenDrops are a key tool in reducing a venue’s environmental footprint through fiscally responsible sustainable operations.

Lyle Peters, Director of Sales for the GreenDrop Stations, adds, “The Pirates and PNC Park have been on the forefront of sustainability and environmental education for the past seventeen years. This has been an exciting project for our Pacific Cascade team. We helped with their custom instructional labels depicting specific items to sort and also promote the “Let’s Go Bucs. Let’s Go Green.” campaign. Detailed sorting labels guide guests to quickly and accurately dispose of waste within specific waste streams at one orderly stop.  Keeping facility expenses at a minimum.

Contact us to discuss how GreenDrop stations can enhance your recycling/composting program.

Pacific Cascade Corporation
Lyle Peters
14208 N.W. 3rd Court, Suite 200Vancouver, WA  98685-5759
(360) 574-9313
1-800-292-7275
LyleP@GreenDropRecycling.com

ABOUT PITTSBURGH PIRATES AND PNC PARK

PNC Park opened during the 2001 Major League Baseball season, and is the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. PNC Park features a natural grass playing surface and seats 38,362 people for baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates franchise has won five World Series championships since it was founded in 1881.

ABOUT PACIFIC CASCADE CORPORATION

Since 1987, Pacific Cascade has been providing the Parking, Hospitality, Traffic Enforcement, and the Environmental Sustainability Industries with products to manage and support their effective operational needs.
GreenDropRecycling.com

Congrats To The Hillsboro Hops Champions

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We’d like to congratulate the Hillsboro Hops for clinching the Northwest League championship.

Hillsboro_BallparkOur GreenDrop Recycling stations are in service at the park and we believe the Earth Deserves A Sporting Chance.

Incredible. Amazing. And most of all… perfect.

The Hillsboro Hops on Sunday beat the Vancouver Canadians, 4-3, to clinch the Northwest League championship. The win came at Ron Tonkin Field on a warm evening in front of 3,328 delirious fans. Hillsboro won its first title, in just its second year of existence.

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Major League Soccer and the Portland Timbers Install GreenDrop Recycling Stations At Providence Park on Behalf of the 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game

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2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game

Portland, OR (September 8, 2014)–Major League Soccer understands the importance of environmental sustainability and is committed to identifying ways to reduce their carbon footprint.  Major League Soccer and the Portland Timbers chose GreenDrop Recycling Stations to help implement their strategic sustainability plans for waste diversion at this year’s 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game in Portland, OR, at Providence Park.

Through the MLS WORKS Greener Goals program, the League aims to educate the soccer community about environmental best practices, help make their facilities more environmentally friendly and undertake “green” community initiatives in collaboration with their clubs and in partnership with respected organizations such as the Green Sports Alliance and Natural Resources Defense Council.

“We are very pleased to partner with GreenDrop to provide these convenient and intuitive recycling stations throughout Providence Park for the hundreds of thousands of guests that visit the stadium each season,” said Kristel Wissel, Director of Community Relations for the Timbers. “This program enables our fans to easily self-sort their recyclable and compostable items.  It is a natural extension of our already robust sustainability practices.”

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“Timber Joey,” the Portland Timbers mascot, with one of the GreenDrop Recycling Stations at Providence Park.

The unique, market-leading GreenDrop Recycling Station was designed through multi-year efforts of the Portland Trail Blazers head office at the newly named Moda Center.  The arena’s landfill diversion rate increased from 38% in 2007 to over 90% in 2013, by replacing old-style garbage cans with GreenDrop Recycling Stations. GreenDrop Recycling Stations reduce landfill contributions by enabling guests to easily self-sort recyclable and compostable items.  Self-sorting reduces the environmental footprint while minimizing waste hauling expenses and being fiscally responsible through sustainable operations.

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Mark Curtis, President of Pacific Cascade Corporation (standing), and Lyle Peters, Director of Sales for the GreenDrop Stations at PCC, are seen with the Recycling Station at the 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game held in Portland, OR, at Providence Park.

Lyle Peters, Director of Sales for the GreenDrop Stations at Pacific Cascade Corporation based in Vancouver, WA, adds, “We at Pacific Cascade are very happy to have soccer fans from all over the country interact with our GreenDrop Recycling Stations and see what we are doing in the Pacific Northwest to promote sustainable practices.  Twenty-five stations were deployed throughout Providence Park and this will make a significant impact on landfill diversion.”

The GreenDrop stations are now a permanent fixture at the stadium and will help the Portland Timbers community outreach platform, Stand Together continue to educate their fans and enhance the significant sustainability efforts already in place throughout Portland.

Innovative Recycling Promotion at BBVA Compass Stadium, Home of the MLS Houston Dynamo.

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April 5, 2014 –
Get caught recycling today at the game to receive a gift card to the Dynamo team store!  

Screen Shot 2014-04-10 at 4.57.43 PMBBVA Compass Stadium, the home of the Houston Dynamo, TXSOTigers football, HoustonDash and numerous events in Houston, Texas, promoted it’s landfill diversion program by rewarding guests who recycle with a gift card to the Dynamo Team store.  The event was held in conjunction with AEG 1EARTH.

AEG 1EARTH is AEG’s environmental program to manage and reduce the environmental impact of AEG’s live entertainment, sports venues, and other events. AEG is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world with over 100 of the world’s preeminent facilities which includes BBVA Compass Stadium.

Huskies Going Green: University of Washington Athletic Department Installs GreenDrop Recycling Stations

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Alaska Airlines Arena, Husky Stadium to promote green initiatives at sporting events

 

Seattle, WA —The University of Washington Athletic Department’s sustainability program has chosen GreenDrop Recycling Stations to help implement their strategic sustainability plans for waste diversion at Alaska Airlines Arena and the newly renovated Husky Stadium.

The Athletic Department’s sustainability committee, better known as the “Green Team,” selected GreenDrop Recycling Stations from Pacific Cascade Corporation as an instrumental part of the recycling and composting program at both venues, where over 730,000 guests attend annually.

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Two Husky fans support the University of Washington Athletic Department’s sustainability efforts by self-sorting recyclable and compostable items into one of the 169 GreenDrop Stations deployed at Husky Stadium and Alaska Airlines Arena.

GreenDrop Recycling Stations reduce landfill contributions by users easily self-sorting recyclable and compostable items so are not placed in the landfill waste stream.  Self-sorting reduces the Athletic Department’s environmental footprint while minimizing expenses and being fiscally responsible through sustainable operations.

The UW Athletic Department is a member of the Green Sports Alliance, and was one of the first collegiate organizations to join the Alliance.  “We wanted to continue being on the forefront and enhance our environmental performance,” commented Aubrey Batchelor, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Coordinator.  “We’re committed to promote green initiatives at home sporting events.”

“Partnering with GreenDrop allows our Athletic Department to incorporate a convenient waste-diversion system that patrons can easily utilize without increasing operational costs,” explains Carter Henderson, Assistant Athletic Director. “We evaluated other containers, but GreenDrop was the best option for our recycling needs.”

The unique, market-leading GreenDrop Recycling Station was designed through multi-year efforts of the Portland Trail Blazers head office and the newly named Moda Center, formally the Rose Garden Arena.  The arena’s landfill diversion rate increased from 38% in 2007 to 90% in 2011, in part by replacing old-style garbage cans with GreenDrop Recycling Stations. GreenDrop stations reduce landfill contributions by visually guiding users to properly dispose recyclable items.  GreenDrops are a key tool in reducing a venue’s environmental footprint through fiscally responsible sustainable operations.

“We’re seeking LEED Gold Certification and greatly increasing our landfill diversion rates is essential to receive that award,” said Dan Gaston, University of Washington Athletics Assistant Athletic Director, and Event and Operations Manager.

Lyle Peters, Director of Sales for the GreenDrop Stations, adds, “This has been an exciting project for the Pacific Cascade team. UW Athletic Department ordered 169 stations to be deployed at Husky Stadium and the Alaska Airlines Arena. The university designed custom labels to correspond with their brand guidelines and we helped coordinated the process so GreenDrops arrived with labels installed and ready to deploy.”

GreenDrop Recycling Stations are a proven asset when investing in facilities operations and public perception. Contact us to discuss how GreenDrop stations can enhance your recycling/composting/waste diversion program.

Pacific Cascade Corporation
Lyle Peters
14208 N.W. 3rd Court, Suite 200
Vancouver, WA  98685-5759
(360) 574-9313
1-800-292-7275
LyleP@GreenDropRecycling.com

 

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

University of Washington (UW) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, UW is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast and one of the top medical schools in the US.

Known as the Huskies, The sports teams participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I-A and in the Pacific-12 Conference. Among its facilities on campus are the newly remodeled Husky Stadium (football, track and field), the Alaska Airlines Arena (basketball, volleyball, and gymnastics) where the GreenDrop Stations will be deployed.

The University football team won the 1960 and 1991 national title, to go along with eight Rose Bowl victories and an Orange Bowl title.  The men’s basketball team have appeared in 16 NCAA Tournaments and 7 National Invitation Tournaments.

ABOUT PACIFIC CASCADE CORPORATION

Since 1987, Pacific Cascade has been providing the Parking, Hospitality, Traffic Enforcement, and recently adding the Environmental Sustainability Industries with products to manage and support their effective operational needs.  GreenDrop Recycling Station received a 2012 Product Competition Award for Recycled Product of the Year.