If you’re planning to attend a trade show in the next few months, take a look at Aaron Brazell‘s recent post about eco-friendly conference attendance. Aaron offers a few tips for attendees who are looking to save a little money and be more environmentally conscious at the same time. Take a look at a few of his suggestions:

• Stay in close proximity to your conference center, and walk to and from the show.
• Turn up the thermostat in your hotel room. 75 degrees isn’t that bad, is it?
• Reuse your towels and sheets in your hotel room (you don’t change your sheets every day at home, do you?).
• When possible, attend virtual trade shows instead of traditional trade shows.

These are great tips, and I’d like to add a few more:

• Encourage eco-friendly exhibiting practices. Have discussions with exhibitors about the construction of their booth, and let them know that eco-friendly exhibiting is important to you. This may be enough to turn them toward an eco-friendly trade show booth for their next event.
• Encourage attendees and exhibitors to recycle their promotional giveaways. The vast majority of “swag” type items end up in trash cans just outside the convention hall.
• Encourage exhibitors to send virtual copies of their trade show literature. This will reduce the number of brochures that need to be printed.
• Encourage exhibitors to recycle their trade show displays after the show. MODdisplays offers an exhibit recycling program that allows exhibitors to get a 10% discount on the purchase of their next booth when they recycle their old booth or donate it to a non-profit organization.

If you have any questions about going green in the trade show industry, contact MODdisplays at 877.MOD.EXPO or email sales@moddisplays.com.

In an effort to both reduce waste and generate more business, MODdisplays is proud to announce our exhibit recycling program. If you ship your used trade show display to our location, we will give you a 10% discount on the purchase of a brand new trade show display. When we receive your used display, we will either recycle the display at a nearby facility, donate the display to a local charity, or donate the display to a local non-profit organization.

Your company can also qualify for the 10% discount by providing MODdisplays with some form of evidence that indicates that your display was recycled, donated to charity, or donated to a non-profit organization. Our main goal is to ensure that viable trade show displays are not wasted, and if your company takes the initiative to handle that, then we feel you deserve the 10% discount.

Since most trade show booths are constructed using recyclable materials such as aluminum and plastic, they can usually be recycled as a whole. Many facilities require you to separate different materials to be recycled in different bins, which can be difficult if you’re not familiar with the construction of trade show displays. Recycling is a great way to reduce the need for production of raw materials, which saves companies billions of dollars each year in addition to reducing emissions.

We sincerely hope that you will take advantage of our display recycling program. If you’re interested in doing so, please call 877.663.3976 for more information.