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Green Initiatives at JetBlue Park: Achieving LEED Certification with Recycling, Composting, and Education

Learn about JetBlue Park's journey to sustainability, including partnerships with NRDC, innovative recycling programs, composting initiatives, and educational efforts to engage fans and staff in waste management. Discover how food donations and infrastructure improvements have contributed to a greener stadium.

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Green Initiatives at JetBlue Park: Achieving LEED Certification with Recycling, Composting, and Education

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  1. Waste Wise Forum 2012

  2. JetBlue Park Earns LEED Certification

  3. History • 2007 – Partnered with National Resources Defense Council • 2008 – Recycling Program Began • 2010 – Converted to Single Stream Recycling • 2011 – Composting Program Began

  4. Partners

  5. Poland Spring Green Team • Launched in 2008 in collaboration with NRDC • Volunteers, primarily local college students, collect recyclables throughout seating bowl • 20-40 volunteers each game

  6. Greenopolis Kiosks • Greenopolis Recycling System offers users rewards for recycling • Points can be redeemed through 10,000 retail partners including Marriott and Domino’s Pizza • Recycling becomes fun, easy, and rewarding

  7. Infrastructure • Previous recycling barrels (top photo) • Round hole in cover for bottles and cans • New recycling barrels (bottom photo) • More room for additional materials to be recycled • Can now accommodate paper and cardboard as well as larger plastic items

  8. Education Don’t assume others know what you know. • Fans • Video Board Messaging • PA Messaging • Signage • Green Team “Defenders” • Staff • Training Sessions • Signage

  9. Sourcing & Procurement • YOU control the materials entering the waste stream • Coordinate with food and beverage service or concessionaire to ensure materials are recyclable or compostable VS

  10. Composting • Composted more than 100 tons of food waste during both the 2011 and 2012 seasons • Bulk of materials come from EMC Club and State Street Pavilion Club kitchens • Aramark Executive Chefs have championed composting efforts • Sent to one of two farms for processing into organic compost; Brickends Farm in Hamilton, MA or Rocky Hill Farm in Saugus, MA

  11. Food Donation • Rock and Wrap It Up • Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act – protects donors from liability when donating to non-profit organizations • 1976 Tax Reform Act – allows for deduction of half of the unrealized appreciation plus cost, not in excess of twice the cost

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