No Waste

So much of what we consume today is “disposable.” We use it once, throw it away, and (if it doesn’t escape into the environment as litter) it gets dumped in a landfill, where it sits for hundreds of years. There is no oxygen in landfills, so nothing degrades. Garbage archaeologists report finding 100-year-old banana peels in landfills.

Food and other compostable organic materials make up about one third of the waste stream. When organic material undergoes anaerobic (no oxygen) respiration in a landfill, methane gas results and escapes into the air. Methane gas is a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. In fact, methane is 23 times more effective in trapping heat than CO2.

Fortunately, an increasing number of cities in Europe, Canada and America are creating ways to divert organic materials away from the landfill and into municipal composting.

Composting is a relatively inexpensive process that uses organisms, including bacteria, fungi, and insects, to break down organic materials aerobically (with oxygen). It is a speeded up version of what happens when Nature breaks up material. What results is a valuable, rich, earthy mulch. Eventually, scientists hope to be able to use this mulch to create biofuels.

Green Event products are 100% organic, biodegradable and compostable. To avoid any confusion about where to dispose our  'disposables', we include a set of Ecosafe 6400, 33-gallon bags (also compostable) in every Green Event Shop package. At the end of your event, simply put everything - food, dishes, napkins, cutlery, and cups - in the Ecosafe bags and then into your green waste 'Compost' bin.

(Click to see the list of Composting Cities and see if your city offers this option.)