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To Recycle at the ‘Big Barrel’ Country Music Festival

Red Frog Events and Waste Masters Solutions are partnering up for two big events being held on back-to-back weekends this month. This upcoming weekend, the highly popular and sold-out Firefly Festival will draw around 90,000 attendees and the last weekend in June is the inaugural Big Barrel Country Music Festival. Red Frog is staging both events at ‘The Woodlands’ of Dover International Speedway.

Both festivals offer a variety of camping packages and passes. The producers, Red Frog Events, were named one of the “Most Promising Companies in” by Forbes and awarded ‘Business of the Year’ by US Chamber of Commerce. The company promotes its festivals as sustainable and environmentally friendly. Waste Masters Solutions worked with Red Frog Events at last year’s Firefly Festival to reduce the amount of trash that would end up in a landfill.

According to Steve Masterson, CEO of Waste Master’s Solutions, “As a result of our strong partnership and hard-work, the festival saw a recycling rate of 72% over the event days. That is quite impressive considering our initial goal of 25% and the 14% the year before without Waste Master Solutions.”

With such large grounds the logistics of recycling bins, dumpsters and porta pottys can be a nightmare, but Waste Masters Solution’s CEO, Steve Masterson says they are up for the challenge.

The 4 day Firefly Festival has Paul McCartney, Kings of Leon and The Killers as headliners and has over 110 bands scheduled to perform between June 18 and June 22. According to the ‘2014 Economic Impact (Press) Release’, last year’s Firefly festival contributed $68 million to the regional economy and created 579 full-time jobs. It also created a lot of trash that was properly recycled, thanks to the new innovative recycling solutions employed by Waste Masters.

The 3 day Big Barrel Country Music Festival headliners are Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood and over 40 additional artists. Passes start at $99 and give access to all Big Barrel attractions including the Harvest Moon Dance Hall, featuring Barn Burner Saloon, Big Barrel Market, the BBQ Pit and The Patch (a Family Area). The festival runs June 26 to June 28.

The event website is touting the Big Barrel Music Festival as “a chance to kick back with friends and family for a rowdy summer weekend. Drop the tailgate, pop open a cold one, and enjoy three days of America’s favorite country artists.

Waste Masters Solutions, a commercial environmental solutions company in Delaware, and Red Frog Events will be partnering up again to ensure that both events are as environmentally friendly as possible. If you go, be sure to take advantage of all the recycling containers in order to do your part in reducing the event’s carbon footprint.

“Red Frog is very interested in the environmental impact of this event,” says Masterson. “They’re a real young, progressive organization with progressive ideas, and we want to try to take this 85,000-person event for four days and see if we can minimize the carbon footprint.”—Delaware Today

NASCAR is returning to Dover International Speedway for a weekend long tripleheader on May 29-31, 2015. This weekend promises to be an event to remember. NASCAR racing is one of America’s favorite spectator sports and a multi-billion dollar industry. It remains a family owned and operated business that was found in 1948 by Bill France, Sr. His grandson, Brian France, is NASCAR’s current CEO.

While the main attraction for fans is the opportunity to watch the top drivers of the world battle on the ‘Monster Mile’ course, there are plenty of other activities, such as the interactive displays, driving simulators and BMX shows. The ‘Lucas Oil 200’ NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race will be Friday, May 29^th, the ‘Buckle Up 200’ presented by Click It or Ticket NASCAR XFINITY Series race will be Saturday, May 30^th and the ‘FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks’ NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race will be Sunday, May 31^st.

This event is expected to create a large amount trash, but thanks to a partnership between the racetrack and Waste Master Solutions, a commercial waste management company based in New Castle, Delaware, a good portion of the refuse will be recycled.

It’s been over a year since Dover International Speedway and Dover Downs Hotel & Casino announced a waste solution partnership with Waste Masters Solutions. Since then, color coded recycling bins have been placed in more prevalent locations around the hotel, casino and speedway. This has made it more convenient and accessible for guests, concert goers, race fans and patrons to recycle.

Dover Speedway and Dover Downs Hotel and Casino’s central focus is on reducing its carbon footprint.

“We are proud to bring on Waste Master Solutions to manage our like-minded goal of protecting and preserving the environment by reducing our environmental impact and keeping otherwise recyclable material out of landfills,” said Ed Sutor, president and CEO of Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. – News Release

Waste Masters teamed up with Dover Speedway and Dover Downs to do what they do best–help larger companies and organizations manage and reduce their solid waste production through innovative environmental services such as recycling, commercial and industrial waste solutions, concrete washout and porta pottys.

By reducing solid waste, Masterson says Dover International Speedway will not only increase recycling opportunities, but also provide an even more enjoyable experience for staff and visitors.

“We hope that we help them meet the goals of the people that come in and out of the casinos and the racetracks and other events there, by just having better brand awareness,” says Masterson.–WDEL

If you go

Keep an eye out for the recycling bins and do your part. Check out the Monster Mile Crash Course!