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Home My Public Portal Aboutlow-waste brochure.pdf This is WHY we do it: This is How you do it: L O w"wA s r E 1. Because it's the largest scale teaching tool a 1. Decide to make garbage mana ement at our EVENTS city and county can utilize to educate it's g g g y event the No.1 priority in your event citizens about their local solid-waste/ planning. recycling management program.Example:If '__ -- , Low-Waste Event Model 1 is implemented at 2. Decide how many manned garbage stations Ii • ,,i ' summer events in McCall,ID,it will educate you will need at your event,and only put �i i,,\ 1 9 f ; all (full and part-time residents and those garbage/recycling receptacles at these { ' from out of state)who attend about the stations.All other receptacles at the event's G GARBAGE CENTRAL correct way to recycle in Valley County.. location are removed or covered. +� _- !y 3. Determine what kind of garbage your event L _ ram. ,- 2. Because of the urgent need to divert county > nF= r j creates,make a list and decide which model I recycling(and more) from our transfer sites 1 and landfills in order to extend the lives of of waste management you want to enact (see ®�. ®_ ' _ �' insert). our landfills. ,l, , \'l�� _ 4. Determine the types of receptacles you will •I �— ?3. Because planning events without any need under the canopy of your garbage ' forethought of how much garbage we are station (example: specific recycling bins,food 1 — creating is not cost effective. waste containers,landfill trash receptacles.) y.' This will depend on the amount of f'` 4. Because reducing items that create excessive responsibility you decide to take,along with garbage saves citizens,cities,and counties your city and county's solid-waste/recycling - 1 money. management program,which,if limited,can limit your choices. 5. Because implementing any of these three 5. Reduce all waste,especially plastics and low-waste models of garbage management (see insert) at your events is simple.It also Styrofoam.They cause fugitive waste at our saves time,money and makes event garbage transfer sites and landfills,and wreak havoc The goal of Low-Waste Events management easier to accomplish. by littering these sites and neighboring land, is to reduce waste and divert damaging heavy equipment,increasing the recycling from our transfer sites 6. Because we all care about our failingcost of our solid-waste management and landfills by making garbage recycling systems,excessive littering and programs. plastic problems,volunteers to manage our management the No. 1 garbage stations are ready to help. Diverting what can be recycled and reducing priority in event planning. what cannot be recycled extends the life It's time to know exactly where our garbage of our landfills, saving us money. and recycling goes once it leaves our homes. Low-Waste Events lowwasteevents@gmail.corn SAY YES TO LOW-WASTE EVENT MANAGEMENT, Low-Waste Events are teaching tools, AND LET'S GET S TA IZ T E D! reaching all who attend your event.All garbage stations are manned,teaching This is the efficient wayto manage event garbage, and it's the onlyresponsible participants where and how to dispose of g g g P way their garbage/recycling. One volunteer per in this day and age of landfills on overload, recycling inefficiencies, plastics and station is required garbage everywhere, along with the increased costs of everything. Try it because it's free, easy and simply works! If you decide your goal is to reduce your FIRST TIME LOW-WASTE EVENT MANAGEMENT waste,there are several easy steps to take: Setting up manned garbage stations and eliminating all sporadically placed garbage and 1. Think about what at your event will be creating garbage. Picture what will end recycling receptacles completely makes event garbage management a whole new up in your garbage/recycling experience: it's easier, saves time and money, and responsibly manages event garbage by receptacles and make a list. If the event is annual and you have helped plan it diverting clean, sorted recycling from our transfer sites and landfills and reducing waste. before,this will be easy. We have been pretending that the old way works, and it doesn't. Try going low-waste 2. Here comes the fun part! Think of ways once, and you'll never go back! to reduce and eliminate what will end up in your garbage and recycling • SELECT ONE OF THE 3 MODELS (SEE INSERT). DECIDE HOW MANY receptacles.You can also ask all who GARBAGE STATIONS WILL BE NEEDED AND WHERE TO PLACE THEM attend your event to BYOR (Bring Your Own Reusables.) Declaring that your Event coordinators will pick a model. One garbage station is placed close to food service event is a"pack it in,pack it out" or "leave no trace"event is also a possible and the rest in central locations, depending of the type and size of your event. Just strategy. remember there can be NO other garbage or recycling receptacles in any locations other than under the manned garbage station/s canopy. Either remove or cover all other 3. Clear communication in all event publicity is crucial, along with receptacles. They defeat the purpose and cause the same old big mess. informing the public about your event's low-waste management guidelines. REDUCING CITY, COUNTY, HOME, WORK, & PLAY EVENT WASTE Simply call your event a"Low-Waste Event"and ask all involved and Deciding to take action by planning a low-waste event and using waste reduction strategies attending to participate. in your event planning is when the fun really begins! There is nothing more exciting than taking the simple actions necessary to make a huge difference by implementing waste reduction techniques and inviting all to participate! Simply pick one and begin! 3 MODELS OF LOW-WASTE EVENT MANAGEMENT Try something new that works! Begin by making a decision to take action, deciding as a group to make garbage management the No.1 priority in your event planning. Decide which model of Low-Waste Event management, Model 1, 2, or 3, you will implement. The No. 2 priority in your event planning is informing the public. Be clear about your Low-Waste Event strategies in all publicity. Model 1: Goal is to end up with clean, sorted recycling, delivering it to our recycling centers and successfully diverting it from our transfer sites and landfills. • Eliminate (or cover) all miscellaneously placed garbage and recycling cans at your event site and determine how many and where your manned garbage station/s will be placed. • Position receptacles in the garbage station and determine how these receptacles will be labeled under your garbage station's canopy. This will depend on how your county manages your solid waste and recycling. So receptacles will be labeled anything from 1-7 plastics, aluminum, tin, cardboard, food waste, and landfill trash. • If your event supplies any reusables (silverware, cups, plates and such), these can also be placed in a receptacle at the garbage station for collection and reuse. Model 2: Goal includes Model 1, and adds involving event organizers and volunteers in assessing and discussing simple ways of reducing garbage/recycling created at your event. • Follow the steps in Model 1. In your event planning, talk about and try to picture what will end up in your garbage cans. ••• Discuss what at this event will be creating garbage/recycling. If this is an event you have held before, the picture will be clear. Take a few moments to make a list of what will end up in your garbage and recycling receptacles. • Please note that if you have tried to recycle at previous events by having recycling receptacles in one area or next to garbage cans this NEVER works. The recycling is always contaminated and ends up at our transfer sites and landfills. Discuss the cost of event garbage management, including dumpster rental fees. Begin to discuss the simple and creative strategies you can use to reduce the amount of garbage/recycling at your event (example: setting up water stations for drinking water instead of providing bottled water and more). Model 3: Goal includes Models 1 and 2, and adds involving all venders as well as the public in your low-waste strategies. Follow the steps in Model 1 and 2. Now, think of all ways to reduce or eliminate what ends up as garbage and recycling. Model 3 involves all event planners and all who attend your event participating in your low-waste effort. If you have food vendors who use Styrofoam, plastic everything, and individually wrapped everything, you can, for example, ask them to omit plastics and use products that are easier on our landfill and/or ask all attending to BYOR (Bring Your Own Reusables). Providing vendors with reusable dishes and silverware also works by adding a dishwashing station. Additionally, Model 3 can become a "pack it in, pack it out" or "leave no trace" event. It's all up to you! Once you become known as a Low-Waste Event, people will participate.