Hi all
I am currently looking for examples of waste diversion activities in north America and Europe. There appears to be a trend (may be a small trend not sure yet)for event organisers to provide one waste stream and then have the waste segregated at a recycling facility. This means that all waste at an event would be placed in the one bin. This is not the trend of Waste Wise events (government certified events) here in Australia but it is happening at some large events, which would be inconsistent with domestic recycling. Welcome your thoughts and direct egs. Of good event practices as I am currently compiling a strategic plan for the sector on behalf of a government.
Thank you
Monica
Monica Vandenberg
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Waste Practices at Events
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In California, legislation was passed (AB2176) for waste reduction at large venues. This is still in its infancy. More information can be found at: http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/venues/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Here is a green meeting guide that Environment Canada developed for the UN Conference of the Parties on the Climate Change Convention, which hosted over 10 000 delegates in Dec 2005 in Montreal. We had a number of issues with waste and contamination of recycling, due to the fact that there were people from a number of different countries involved in the conference, and delegates had experience with both separating their waste streams and not separating in their home countries (some had no experience with recycling at all). We found the very large pictorials of what went where and having staff present at the recycling stations to encourage delegates to use the stream separation method worked best. I know that for Government of Canada employee in the National Capital Region, the plant that most of our recyclables are sent to in Ottawa can receive plastics, glass, aluminums etc. all together, however we have opted to keep recycling stations that separate waste just to help people deal with waste stream separation in other areas. http://www.fhio.gc.ca/9076E298-09C2-4EA8-BDBD-57F3BBB296B1/WEB_GreenMeetGuide_E.pdf English version http://www.fhio.gc.ca/9076E298-09C2-4EA8-BDBD-57F3BBB296B1/WEB_GreenMeetGuide_F.pdf French version
Analise Saely
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Environment Canada/Environnement Canada
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Hello Monica,
Nova Scotia holds over 1000 events & festivals each year some of which are large-scale international events. Greening these events has become common place. In Nova Scotia organics and recyclables are banned from disposal in landfills which means that source separation of waste materials, even in public areas, is required. To assist event organizers in "greening" their events & festivals, the Resource Recovery Fund Board (RRFB Nova Scotia), which is the provincial recycling agency, produced a guide for Event Greening. This guide is available on our website at http://www.rrfb.com/pdfs/greenevent.pdf.
Cathy
Catherine McCarthy BBA, MEd
Director of Communications
RRFB Nova Scotia
Phone: (902)897-3253
Cell: (902)471-6359
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Website: www.rrfb.com
I'm not sure what size/scale events you've got in mind, but in Melbourne (Australia) our govt funded Waste Wise program provides a hireable service called 'wash against waste'. A small van with non-disposable crockery, etc is provided for self catering and washing up afterwards. No waste - its suitable to a picnic type arrangement (company family day?) more than a stadium of people though. Although it is used for the catering at the Sustinable Living Festival which attracts over 100 000 people over 3 days...... http://www.nrwmg.vic.gov.au/wastewise/community/waw/content/content.html
Monique Swinburne
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