The University of Phoenix Stadium is a member of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
The stadium generates 120 tons of recycled trash each year.
The stadium currently recycles glass and plastic bottles. This is primarily done for NFL games and all major stadium events. The stadium has designated containers to capture these articles on all public levels.
The stadium leases a cardboard compactor which the stadium uses for all paper products, and is in use for all stadium functions.
The stadium also provides special blue trash cans in every office for paper recycling. The liners are reused and disposed of as needed.
The stadium has a program to dispose of all used lights bulbs and other electrical equipment with out trash hauler, Sierra Waste.
Like other NFL and college stadiums, tailgating is a big part of our game day experience. Guests are given complimentary recyclable bags for disposal of recyclable materials. Our waste management contractor, Sierra Waste will monitor parking lots and remove all of the recyclable materials and dispose them in the designated recycling dumpsters.
Our Operations crew will pull full recyclable containers (located on main concourse and upper terrace) and place them with new liners, then place recyclable bags into the recycling dumpster.
Our food and beverage provider is Rojo Hospitality. They assist us in our recycling efforts by breaking down all cardboard boxed from concession areas, and transport the piles to the cardboard compactor. They also transport all glass and plastic containers generated from the club level and concourse level pouring locations to the recycling dumpster.
Our Operations crew collects recyclable materials from the stadium suites as well. These materials are collected from specific containers in each suite and placed into a recyclable tilt truck, then transported to a recycling dumpster.
Our Operations crew also checks all plaza gates and stadium groups, and collects recyclable materials from specific recycling containers located in these areas. The materials transported to the recycling dumpster.
Our compactor crew leader oversees the proper disposal of recyclable materials.
The stadium's pest control company, Steritech, uses 100% "Green" products in all service and pest control applications.
10% of our seating is made from recycled plastic.
We use "Green" friendly cleaning products including hand soap, all cleaning solutions, microfiber mops and rags which preserve water.
We use source reduction in our plastic trash can liners, with the thinnest mil required. We also dump "dry" cans, reusing liners when possible.
We use a system of deep cleaning on our concrete area called Hydro-Scrubbing. This system power scrubs and vacuums, using approximately 25% of the water used during power washing, mopping etc.
We use "Green" products for all toilet tissue and hand towels in our restrooms.
Our stadium is set up to be water eco-friendly. We have installed dual flush water saving handles in our most utilized restrooms. Throughout the rest of the facility, we have a 1.2 GPF (Gallons Per Flush) urinals and 1.6 GPF toilets.
We have taken initiative throughout the facility to curtail all unnecessary usage of lighting and electrical equipment during dark or non event days by turning off lights in unused areas, walk in freezers, and other items that use power.
We have installed automatic door closers on unmanned external garage doors.
We have constructed a steel ramp, at the dock, to provide alternative access to the facility to avoid opening and closing our mail "elephant" type garage doors at the main stadium load in entry area.
We have installed 503 motion sensor lighting controls in all appropriate areas including: restrooms, offices, storage areas etc.
We are working with Rojo Hospitality, the stadium's concessionaire, during the off season to turn off all seldom used electrical equipment such as walk-in coolers, freezers etc.
We monitor real time electrical usage with out local power company to coordinate peak and low peak demand hours. This provides us a guide to optimum usage times, and how to avoid excessive use demand costs.
We have purchased bicycles to ride in the facility as an alternate to electric or gas powered carts.
