Fresh Green
Waste
In 2007 Bumbershoot recycled 4.16 tons of waste, decreasing our garbage by 3.28 tons from 2006. We continue to make reduction of Festival waste and recycling a top priority.
Vendors
Since 1980 the use of Styrofoam has been banned for all Bumbershoot vendors (this doesn’t include Center House vendors who contract directly with the City). Today Festival vendors are also required to reduce their waste by composting all pre-consumer waste and recycling their grease into future biodiesel fuel. In 2007, vendors composted 2 tons of pre-consumer waste.
Composting
Food scraps and yard debris make up about 25% of our garbage. In a landfill it can take years for these materials to decompose, wasting a valuable resource. Home composting is a different composting process than that performed at a commercial composter. Local commercial composter, Cedar Grove Composting, carefully manages an 18-month process, carefully engineered for air flow, moisture content and temperatures of up to 130° F.
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