The Green Team Program at Natural Products Expo West: A Commitment the Earth

From our commitment to recycle to our commitment to reuse and reduce, Natural Products Expo West and its partners are dedicated to reducing our impact on the earth and its resources. We are committed to doing everything possible to make our trade shows earth-friendly and implementing new and innovative programs to lessen the impact of our events.

Please join us in helping to minimize the impact on our environment. Together, we can help encourage healthy lifestyles and create a healthy planet that is important to the growing natural and organics products industry.

• Powering the 930,000 square foot Anaheim Convention Center with wind and solar energy through offsets. Energy Offset provided by Bonneville and sponsored by White Wave & Horizon Organic Dairy.
• Providing attendees and exhibitors a green-powered travel option, through the purchase of renewable energy certificates via registration. Travel Offset provided by Bonneville.
• Encouraging “car” pooling through a regional bus service or participating in the shuttle service provided by Natural Products Expo West to the official host hotels.
• Using sustainable building materials for show structures and exhibits that will be reused over a 3-year period, including, but not limited to plyboo, Woodstock, muslin drape, 100% recyclable aluminum extrusion and low-VOC paints provided by Freeman.
• Providing recycling stations throughout the event in partnership with the Anaheim Convention Center. (Stations in Hall D are sponsored by Annie’s Home Grown).
• Using biodegradable flatware at events and feature areas.
• Outfitting Expo staff with organic t-shirts printed with vegetable dye ink.
• Offering attendees green educational seminars.
• Collecting and donating unused samples and products to local Anaheim charities and food banks.
• Providing local, free-range, natural and organic products at concessions and events in partnership with Aramark.
• Printing show promotional materials on 30-100% post consumer recycled paper.
• Purchasing show premiums and gifts made of recycled materials.
• Providing the exhibitor service kit online only, eliminating paper and CD production.
• Natural Products Expo West and Freeman matching every exhibitor donation to The Nature Conservancy through a voluntary donation program in the exhibitor service kit. Every dollar becomes three.
• Offering environmentally friendly exhibit packages through Freeman, including recycled carpet, 100% recyclable aluminum extrusion, plyboo panels and low-VOC paints.

Our commitment is ongoing and this is only the start. Stop by the Green Team Kiosk located in the Hall C lobby of the convention center to learn more about what is happening at this year's event and to share your green initiatives and suggestions for future events.

Thank you for your partnership in our efforts as an industry to reduce the environmental impacts of our events.

To find out more about what New Hope Natural Media is doing as a company, click here.

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