{"id":19053,"date":"2015-12-07T06:02:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T11:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=19053"},"modified":"2015-12-06T19:04:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T00:04:14","slug":"how-green-festival-portland-will-handle-its-wastes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/how-green-festival-portland-will-handle-its-wastes\/","title":{"rendered":"How Green Festival – Portland Will Handle Its Wastes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve been to three Green Festivals: two in Chicago, and one in San Francisco.\u00a0As you might imagine, these events drew massive crowds: both of these cities rank in the top tier of sustainability-minded metropolitan areas. So, when Green Festival goes to Portland, Oregon<\/a> for the first time next weekend, I have a hard time imagining the crowds, as this Northwestern city outpaces the rest<\/a> in terms of green thinking and practice. More people get on their bikes to commute in Portland than in any other US city. Residents have over 10,000 acres of green space to enjoy. And about 63% of the city’s wastes get recycled.<\/p>\n

Green Fest definitely has high standards for its own environmental footprints, but they’ll have to take things up a notch or two in Portland<\/a>. Any event like this will result in tons of waste. The organizers, though, have a plan, plus years of experience in aiming for zero waste<\/a> as part of their event goals. The tactics they use in striving for this goal include:<\/p>\n