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612 -10 -WASTE (669-2783) eurekarecycling.org Taste of Rosefest 2015 Zero -Waste Events Summary Eureka Recycling has had a zero waste partnership with the City of Roseville since 2006. This strong relationship gives us the opportunity to work with the city and with coni icuinN organizations like the Rotary to do initiatives that help reduce waste and create cleaner, healthier and happier communities. It was a great joy to work together towards zero waste at the annual food, wine, and beer extravaganza knomm as "Taste of Rosefest". With help and cooperation from many Rotary members, volunteers, vendors, and attendees we recycled 243 pounds and composted 370 pounds. Most Our mission is re demonstrateable,not impressively, we only generated 5 bags of trash, weighing 6155 pounds. that waste is preventable, not inevitable. Ovcxall, by m,cigkrt 91`% of all discards were either composted or recycled. The chart below shows how inch was discarded by volume. Only two carts were needed for tech while it took 13 carp to collect all the recycling and compost generated at Taste of Rosefest. Composition of Discarded Material (by volume) Recycling Compost Trash This success was due to the hard work and advance planning by the Rotary volunteers and Roseville City Staff wbo helped communicate with vendors how to serve their food in easily compostable packaging and purchased compostablc plates, sporks, and cups for those food vendors who weren't able to find the right products. Additionally, the wonderful volunteers who showed attendees how to recycle and compost were vital to making this a successful event. With one year under our belt, wcrc excited to get even lower next year by working with the same vendors and giving them the support they need to purchase the right products. So congratulations, and thank you to all who supported and promoted zero waste at the Taste of Rosefest This event was a success not only because of our progress toward zero waste, but also because so many people realized that with a little planning and a lot of cooperation, together we can reach a waste - free tomorrow. An afeimative aeon, equal Eureka RchdiaQ is the only ortanization it, Miuneota that specializes in zero uaste. the opportunity employer. orgnnizati m s service, prograns, and policy work present solutions to the salol, environnicund, and health problems caused by wasting. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit oroanizarion, based in the Twin ® Pnnteaon fooni poslconsunner One, of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, I �urrl a'.r mission is to demonstrate that waste is encycled paperthat was pcessed without the use of chlorine. preventnhle, not inevitable. L