While we still have some work to do before we can been a truly “green” event, here are some of the
eco-friendly things we are doing now.

Recycling

The State Fair will offer four recycling stations for visitors to use this year, thanks to:

Recycle bottles and cans.

See the map for Recycling Stations.
Look for this banner at recycling stations:

Cardboard recycling goes on nightly throughout the grounds, thanks to diligent vendor participation. Waste Industries collects the cardboard.

Pavement taken up during several construction projects, including the recently renovated Dorton Triangle, was crushed and reused as a base under the new pavement.

Soy Biodiesel

Midway generators will be powered by a B20 soy biodiesel blend this year. The N.C. Soybean Producers Association and the N.C. State Fair is teaming with midway provider Powers Great American Midway, and Red Star Oil of Raleigh to fuel the generators.

LED Lights on Dorton Arena

Dorton Arena has been outfitted in more than 1,200 feet of red LED rope lighting, replacing the old 400 watt fiber optic lights. The new LED lights use about a tenth of the energy of fiber optics, not to mention the red color quality is much brighter and can be seen all over the fairgrounds.

NEV Vehicles

Don’t be alarmed if a funny looking truck suddenly sneaks up behind you, it’s just a State Fair employee in one of our extremely quiet E-Ride EXV2 Neighborhood Electric Vehicles. Late last year, the fairgrounds received a Clean Fuel Advanced Technology grant to purchase two of the trucks.

Storm drain stenciling

Do you know where your storm water goes? The storm drains at the fairgrounds all flow to the Neuse River, and thanks to the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality, each is marked to remind visitors not to dump trash down the drain.