The International Housewares Association, Freeman, McCormick Place and our cleaning contractors have joined forces to introduce a targeted recycling program at the 2009 International Home + Housewares Show. Our goal is to improve our ability to reduce, reuse, and recycle as much waste as possible from the event, and to create a benchmark to measure our effectiveness in keeping show waste out of landfills. Exhibitors and Exhibitor-Appointed Contractors (EACs) have an extremely important role to play in our efforts to create a sustainable Show!

To learn more about how exhibitors can be green at the Show, click here.
To learn what Freeman is doing to stay green, click here (PDF).
To learn more about McCormick Place’s green initiatives, click here.

If you need anything else to help make next year's Show the most profitable ever, please contact our show staff.

Exhibitors - Support Green Initiatives and Environmental Sustainability at the International Home + Housewares Show

The International Housewares Association, Freeman, McCormick Place and our cleaning contractors have joined forces to introduce a targeted recycling program at the 2009 International Home + Housewares Show. Our goal is to improve our ability to reduce, reuse, and recycle as much waste as possible from the event, and to create a benchmark to measure our effectiveness in keeping show waste out of landfills. Exhibitors and Exhibitor-Appointed Contractors (EACs) have an extremely important role to play in our efforts to create a sustainable show. We are asking your assistance with the following:

During Move-in:

• Break down and flatten all corrugated boxes and place them at the edge of your booth– NOT in the aisles.
• Place all metal banding and wood materials separate from other trash at the edge of your booth.
• Trim out all visqueen by 5 pm on Saturday, March 21 OR
  
• Use the complimentary trash bags available at the Help Centers in each exhibit hall to dispose of poly and visqueen.

Century Trade Show Services will do periodic sweeps throughout the day, focusing on corrugated materials, visqueen, metal, and trash. These items will be disposed of in separate compactors and open boxes for removal from the facility. Your assistance in breaking down cardboard is key to our efforts. By breaking it down, you make it much easier to handle and prevent recyclable boxes from becoming trash receptacles.

During Show Days:

Please continue to break down corrugated cardboard containers and place at the edge of your booth for removal by Century Trade Show Services.

Each garbage can placed by columns in the aisles will be paired with a co-mingled recycling container, provided by Allied Waste to IHA. For this show, we will be accepting the following materials in the co-mingled recycling containers:

• aluminum cans
  
• glass bottles
  
• plastic bottles
  
• tin cans
• all other number 1 and number 2 recyclable plastic containers

Any other garbage should be placed in the standard waste receptacles.

Century Trade Show Services will dispose of the co-mingled recyclables separate from the general waste in specially designated compactors provided by McCormick Place.

During Move-out:

• Break down and flatten all corrugated boxes.
• Roll up any carpet and padding.
  
• Remove any double-faced carpet tape.
  
• Place any wood, carpet, padding and metal banding separate from other waste in your booth.

The effectiveness of any recycling program relies upon maintaining separate streams for materials which can be reused and recycled. A little extra attention on your part will go a long way towards helping us have a great program in 2009. Thank you in advance for your assistance.