waste
Overview
The Waste Team is dedicated towards adopting regenerative principles and practices around Waste Streams. Whether you're a Zero-waste enthusiast, a dirt nerd, or want to work to Leave a Better Trace.
We invite you to join us!
Vision: Our Dreams for BRC 2030
BLAST Ideal: Camps utilize reusable items whenever possible, creating closed-loop resource management systems that contribute zero waste to landfills and support environmentally regenerative activities.
What We're Working On
BLAST Baseline Level: Does your camp separate and track waste, recyclables, and compost?
The team's priority is to set-up an accessible, distributed waste collection template and system, with the focus on launching the organics education and collection process. Organics includes compostable food waste, compostable packaging and building materials, and other compostable organic materials.
Continually increasing the capacity of on playa compostable waste collection for composting nearby off playa and providing the compost in support of local community food gardens
Mission: How We'll Get There
BLAST Focus: Reducing, reusing, recycling, pre-cycling, upcycling, and composting.
The Waste Team is focused on supporting camps to integrate the hierarchical Reduce, Recover, and Recycle paradigm into their waste streams practices:
1. Reduce: Stop waste from occurring in the first place
2. Recovery: Redistribute “waste” to those who need it most
3. Recycling: Repurpose “waste” in the most regenerative ways
Ways to Get Started:
Watch our talk about waste: Waste Presentation from the October 2020 Green Theme Camp Summit
Composting Do's and Don'ts
On Playa Compost Drying Methods
Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics
On December 2, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released the "Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics." This strategy is part of a series of strategies on building a more circular economy for all.
The goal of the strategy is to prevent the loss and waste of food and increase recycling of organic materials, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save households and businesses money, and build cleaner communities.
The four main objectives in the strategy are:
Objective 1: Prevent the loss of food where possible.
Objective 2: Prevent the waste of food where possible.
Objective 3: Increase the recycling rate for all organic waste.
Objective 4: Support policies that incentivize and encourage food loss and waste prevention and organics recycling.
Watch Our Talk About Waste
Burning Man: Green Theme Camp Summit - Waste
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Burning Man Compost Project
