The Basics of Waste Free Community Events
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Running a genuinely waste free community event typically involves planning carefully for reusable or compostable serving ware, clearly labelled waste sorting stations with volunteers on hand to help attendees sort correctly, and, where practical, arrangements for food scraps and any other organic waste to be composted separately rather than simply discarded in general waste.
Success depends heavily on planning these details well before the event itself, since retrofitting waste reduction measures onto an event that is already mostly planned around disposable, single use items is considerably harder than building genuinely low waste choices into the event's basic logistics right from the very beginning of the planning process.
Clear signage and, ideally, a volunteer stationed at sorting stations to help guide attendees make a genuinely significant difference to how well waste actually gets sorted correctly at the event itself, since even well intentioned attendees often need some active, friendly guidance to sort correctly when faced with an unfamiliar set of waste stream options.