Create a Zero Waste station (or two) at your event by labeling bins with signs that say Compost / Recycling Bins can be borrowed from the UC but must be returned right after your event is over. See the picture to the right.
Or you can use whatever you’ve got, even a box with a sign works!
Make sure you and your event staff know what goes where and are ready to help others (Print the signs at the end of the Zero Waste Event Guidelines)
What goes in COMPOST?
- Food and food scraps
- Paper plates, paper cups, coffee cups
- Napkins & paper towels
- Coffee grounds & tea bags
- Wood stirrers
- Sugar packets, paper tea packets
- Liquids, sauces, condiments
- Bio-based / compostable utensils
- Compostable wraps / bio-based
- Cellophane
- Milk and juice cartons
- Waxed paper
What goes in RECYCLING?
Everything made of plastic, metal or glass
- Cans, Bottles
- Plastic cups
- Straws
- Jars
- Coffee lids, soda lids
- Plastic silverware
- Aluminum foil
- Foil pans and foil liners
- Plastic containers / lids / caps
- All hard plastics #1- #7
What goes in PAPER?
Any CLEAN & DRY paper items without food or liquid remains:
- Newspaper
- Copy paper, handouts
- Notebook paper
- Magazines
- Posters
- Crepe paper streamers
- Cardboard
What goes in LANDFILL?
**ALL SOFT, SQUISHABLE PLASTIC***
- Styrofoam plates, cups and containers
- Chip bags
- Candy wrappers, granola bar wrappers
- Plastic shopping bags
- Plastic wrappers
- Thin plastic liners like in boxes
- Saran wrap
- Plastic film