More Recycled At This Year’s National Cherry Festival
The amount of materials recycled increased by about 7 percent at this year’s National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, Mich., reports The Traverse City Record-Eagle.
About 33 percent of the 27 tons of Cherry Festival-generated waste was recycled, according to Waste Management. Also, 1,500 pounds of materials were composted.
Organizers said public service announcements, more volunteer hours and greater recycling efforts at each venue contributed to the success.
Technology is also making it possible to recycle things that were landfilled in years past, according to Laurel Durkin, a Waste Management spokeswoman of the 2008 recycling program. Pepsi cups, for example, can now be processed at the plant where they are taken, she said.
Does your local festival recycle? If not, take the materials home and use Earth911 to find a recycling location.
