Rose Garden Adopts Ingeo-based
Food Serviceware for Green Sports Alliance Founding Member,
Portland Trail Blazers

Organics recycling as a landfill diversion strategy helps transform a plastic-dominated marketplace

SITUATION: 2,000,000 pounds of solid waste

• A major cost center for venue
• Opportunity to reduce environmental impacts
• Key issue: high food waste volume
• Key issue: single stream waste management
   

SOLUTION: Comprehensive waste stream management

• Combine food and packaging waste streams into one compostable waste stream avoiding landfill
• Guest engagement with new GreenDrop recycling stations and sorting signage supported by Green Game and community based events.
• Concessions switch to StalkMarket Ingeo-based BPI certified food serviceware and other compostable offerings
   

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES: Enhance fan and guest experience Reinforce the Trail Blazers brand Avoid added incremental costs for compostable food serviceware/packaging Reduce operational cost Improve environmental performance Support city of Portland’s waste policy goals & climate action plan

INGEO ROLE IN MEETING STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE:

• Ingeo-based food serviceware and packaging products
• Ingenious materials from plants not oil
• 100% annually renewable product
• USDA BioPreferred and Biodegradable
• Products Institute (BPI) certified compostable
• Cost and performance competitive with traditional petroleum-based food serviceware
• Marketing support and showcasing a unique closed venue food & compostable packaging diversion success

ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE (Portland Trail Blazers Best Practices)

• Understand waste materials efficiency opportunities to reduce costs and improve overall environmental performance
• Engage local government support on landfill diversion, recycling and composting opportunities
• Work with service and product suppliers that demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement of environmental performance
• Engage customers and employees in critical behavior changes necessary to reduce environmental impacts of public gathering venues
   

KEY STAKEHOLDERS
Just a few of the key stakeholders included:

• Portland Trail Blazers
  set out to reinforce brand; set goal to divert 100% waste from landfill; win additional public support
• Ovations Food Service
  made procurement switch to compostable products and achieved price parity; engaged staff effectively
• The Rose Garden
  operations sought to enhance fan and guest experience; enabled infrastructure and capital investments to make initiative possible, including critical recycling stations as guest engagement and waste stream separation mechanism
• StalkMarket Products
  supplies BPI certified compostable Ingeo-based drink cups and food packaging to Ovations concessions