Sustainable Booth Contest
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Sustainable Exhibitor Booth Contest
Participate and Win! Join in the fun and enter our Sustainable Booth Contest at MEDevice Boston 2025 and showcase your commitment to sustainability. By incorporating eco-friendly practices into your booth build, shipping, employee travel, and promotional items, you can make a positive impact on the environment and become eligible to win the title of Most Sustainable Booth!
Best of all, participating in the Sustainable Booth Contest is free!
It is an opportunity for you to showcase your commitment to sustainability without any additional cost. Join us in creating a greener and more responsible event at MEDevice Boston 2025 and stand a chance to win these valuable rewards.
The Most Sustainable Exhibitor Booth Will Receive:
- $250 service credit from FREEMAN for use in 2026
- One (1) Conference Pass for MEDevice Boston 2026
- One (1) $300 Marriott Hotel gift card
- Recognition as the 2025 Sustainable Exhibitor Award Recipient on the MEDevice Boston event website
The most sustainable exhibitor will be determined by exhibitor application. The following items will be taken into consideration:
2024 sustainable booth winner is Accumold
- Booth Build
- Are you recycling items? Are any build items able to be repurposed? Are you reducing build size year over year?
- Are you removing 100% of your display property and flooring? (Often times elements are left behind or discarded at the end of the show.)
- Is your booth using LED lighting or other energy efficient power?
- Have you considered renting a booth property?
- Are you using local suppliers?
- If you are building an exhibit, we recommend only using Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) wood.
- We recommend going with bare flooring.
- Shipping
- Are you reducing or consolidating shipping to and from the event?
- Employee Travel
- Are you choosing the most sustainable option for travel?
- Promotional Items & Handouts
- Are you reducing paper handouts?
- When purchasing promotional items, we recommend that you consider the amount you order, the environmental credentials of the materials they are made from, as well as whether they are useful giveaways that will be used long after the event is over.
- Assessment On-site
What Exhibitors Can Do
Reduce Signage Waste By:
- Encouraging less printing and providing more information digitally when it comes to booth literature and fulfilling requests via email and website referrals
- Creating reusable non-dated signs that can be used year after year
- Avoiding foam core signs and requesting recyclable material such as cardboard signage
Reduce Booth Waste By:
- Requesting sustainable options from Freeman or your EAC
- BYOF!- Avoiding carpet and bringing your own flooring, like puzzle foam flooring that can be reused at all your shows
- Breaking down ALL cardboard boxes and putting them in the correct recycling bin
- Requesting additional booth bins for recycling and compost collection
- Using only compostable or recyclable service ware for samples and giveaways
- Using the stickers provided at the Exhibitor Services Desk to mark your materials for recycling or donation
- Setting a goal to leave no trace behind by shipping out all of your booth properties and packing materials and donating extra giveaways
