First, a followup to our Vinyls Needed in North Carolina article from last week. Andy McDonald, SVP, Government Affairs at OAAA contacted Insider “I read your article this morning about the need for old vinyls in North Carolina. OAAA just wrapped up its Safety Seminar @ Formetco’s Duluth, GA facility […]
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Meadow Outdoor Supporting “Every Shelter” in Sudan With Vinyls
There have been many operators who have found productive and sometimes lucrative uses for their used vinyls. Insider heard that Meadow Outdoor is sending their vinyls to Sudan. We had a chance to have a conversation with Brian Casady, Chief Operating Officer for Meadow, whom leads the effort. Brian, I […]
IBO Public Service Initiatives
On last week’s Billboard Insider podcast Chris Cowlbeck talked about 4 IBO public service initiatives. The first one that comes to mind is one that we’ve had for a couple of years…Operation Christmas shoebox…They pack these shoeboxes and send them to kids in third world countries. Everybody feels good about […]
OOH Vinyl Exchange Network OOHven
Emergency response efforts for the recent hurricane Laura have spurred a new program between government, nonprofits and corporate donors to deal with a long standing OOH industry problem of managing and disposal of spent vinyls once a campaign is complete. Billboard Insider met up with Chris Cowlbeck, General Manager of […]
IBOUSA Members Contribute Vinyls for Hurricane Laura Relief
Every OOH media owner that deals in static inventory deals with the issue of vinyl bulletin materials when the campaign is over. Chris Cowlbeck, General Manager of IBOUSA, received an email recently from Every Shelter, a non profit that is trying to develop uses for the spent vinyls in the […]



















