Event Waste Sorting
ONE STREAM. ZERO WASTE MENTALITY.
You won’t find separate recycling bins at the Bowl — and that’s intentional. We keep it simple with two waste systems designed to work together:
Single-Stream Waste Bins — Toss everything else here. After the show, a dedicated crew sorts the entire pile by hand, dividing it between recycling, restaurant-level compost, and landfill.
r.Cup Bins — Every drink at the Bowl is served in an r.Cup reusable container, in partnership with r.World. When you’re done, drop it in a marked r.Cup bin — not the general waste — and it goes straight to be washed, sanitized, and put back into circulation. Each cup can be reused up to 200 times, creating a true closed loop with zero single-use waste.
Look for the bins. Use the right one. It takes two seconds and makes a real difference — show after show, season after season.
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