Did you know the average stadium uses 5.4 million single-use cups annually? That is equivalent to about 63 tons of plastic waste!
We are so excited to announce that we have partnered with r.Cup to help reduce waste and support sustainable concessions events! r.Cup is the #1 reuse platform in the US, bringing environmental solutions to live events and other operations. They make it easy to eliminate single-use waste. r.Cup has diverted millions of single-use cups from landfills and eliminated tens of thousands of pounds of waste in over 90 cities, 30 states, and 12 countries.
“Most Americans know the chasing arrows symbol – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. But we’ve spent most of our time, energy and money focused on recycling, and we forgot that reduce and reuse are way more important for the environment.”
– Matt Prindiville, UPSTREAM
How Does r.Cup Work?
r.Cup delivers sanitized and sealed reusable cups to the venue to be stored behind the bar and used for all drinks (alcohol or non-alcoholic). Once the drink is finished, it is disposed of in designated r.Cup bins. From there, it is picked up to be washed and sanitized at r.Cup’s state-of-the-art facility. Then the cycle begins again!
Studies show that reusables beat single-use through every environmental measure (climate, water, land use, pollution, etc). Reuse protects the climate with lower greenhouse emissions than disposables. And water consumption for washing is minimal.
We’ve recently launched our sustainable initiative with our partner, The Arvada Center, where we’ve already started reducing plastic waste. We look forward to the difference this will make in reducing our carbon footprint! Stay tuned as well roll out this initiative at more of our concessions events.