Build, Innovate, Win: Compete for the Best Sustainable Booth
Join our Sustainable Booth Contest at MD&M West 2025! We invite you to demonstrate your eco-friendly approach in booth construction, shipping, employee travel, and promotional items, making a positive impact on the environment.
Participating in the Sustainable Booth Contest is free, and you'll have the chance to win an amazing exhibitor prize package!
Click here to sign up by Monday, February 3, 2025
2024 Sustainable Booth Contest Winner — Amcor
What You’ll Win
The most sustainable exhibitor booth will receive:
- $250 service credit from FREEMAN for use at MD&M West 2026
- One (1) Conference Pass for MD&M West 2026
- One (1) $300 Hotel gift card
- Recognition as the 2025 Sustainable Exhibitor Award Recipient on the MD&M West event website
Judging Criteria
The most sustainable exhibitor will be determined by exhibitor application. The following items will be taken into consideration:
Booth Build
- Recycling items, repurposing build items, reducing build size or materials year over year
- We want to encourage exhibitors to remove 100% of their display property and flooring. Often elements are left behind or discarded at the end of the show.
- Only use LED lighting or other energy efficient power
- Consider renting a booth property
- If building exhibits, only use Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) wood.
- Consider going with bare flooring
- Using local suppliers
Shipping
- Reducing or consolidating shipping to and from event
Employee Travel
- Choosing the most sustainable option
Promotional Items & Handouts
- Reducing paper handouts
- When purchasing promotional items, consider the amount you order, the environmental credentials of the materials they are made from, as well as whether they are useful giveaways that will be used long after the event is over.
Assessment on-site
What Exhibitors Can Do
How to Reduce Signage Waste:
- Encourage less printing and provide more information digitally when it comes to booth literature, fulfilling requests via email and website referrals
- If you must print, create reusable non-dated signs that can be used year after year
- Avoid foam core signs and request recyclable material such as cardboard signage
How to Reduce Booth Waste:
- Requesting sustainable options from Freeman or your EAC
- BYOF!- Avoid carpet and bring your own flooring, like puzzle foam flooring that can be reused at all your shows
- Break down ALL cardboard boxes and put in the correct recycling bin
- Request additional booth bins for recycling and compost collection
- Use only compostable or recyclable service ware for samples and give-a-ways
- Use the stickers provided at the Exhibitor Services desk to mark your materials for recycling or donation
- Set a goal to leave no trace behind by shipping out all booth properties and packing materials and donating extra giveaways
To learn more, access our Sustainable Exhibitor Booth Contest Rules by clicking here.
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