Make Your Next Event Green & Litter-Free
Our Green and Litter-Free Events program provides recycling bins, bags and other resources to help you minimize waste at neighborhood events, community festivals, cultural gatherings, races and other outdoor events. Our program helps you educate the public, save money by conserving resources, reduce landfill use and decrease event clean-up.
Reserving Supplies
- Complete our online reservation form (scroll down to complete form)
- After your request has been approved and paid for, we will release the supplies. The supplies can be picked up at one of the two recycling centers listed below. NOTE: We need at least 5 days prior to your event to process your order.
- After your event, we ask that you return the recycling bins and banners to the recycling center you rented them from, and fill out an Evaluation Form so that we can track the success of your event. If the bins are not returned to the correct recycling center, we will charge you a $150 transportation fee.
Pick-up Locations
Materials may be picked up or dropped off between 10 AM and 4 PM Wednesday through Saturday at two Community Recycling Centers:
- Deramus – 4707 Deramus Ave. KCMO 64120
- South – 5200 E. Red Bridge Rd., KCMO 64137
Need extra assistance? For a nominal fee, we can help!
If you are looking for extra assistance to make your event green, we can help! Bridging The Gap has many years experience helping transform community events into more sustainable venues. For a nominal fee, we can assist with bin placement; provide guidance on the rental of proper landfill, recycling and composting bins; arrange organic, recycling and waste disposal with haulers; provide volunteers to monitor your recycling stations, and more! Pricing depends on the size of your event. Please contact Eric Hemphill at 816-944-2378 or email to get more info, schedule an initial conversation, and/or receive a quote.
Some of our success stories include:
- Girls on the Run Fall 5K 2019-2023
- New Belgium Brewing Clips and Film Tour 2012 – 2016 (in 2016 we reached 98% diversion from landfill!)
- Boulevardia 2014-2015
- Chiefs, Arrowhead Stadium (both the concourse and parking lot) 2014 season