{"id":66048,"date":"2019-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/09\/17\/livegreen-unmc-bbq-repeats-zero-waste-feat\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:35:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:35:46","slug":"livegreen-unmc-bbq-repeats-zero-waste-feat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/09\/17\/livegreen-unmc-bbq-repeats-zero-waste-feat\/","title":{"rendered":"LiveGreen: UNMC BBQ repeats zero-waste feat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever thrown a party for more than 1,000 people but didn’t put any trash cans out? We did.<\/p>\n

As you know, the UNMC BBQ was held last month. It was a beautiful day, with more than 1,000 people showing up to play games, eat good food and get information on campus opportunities.<\/p>\n

Last year’s BBQ was the first zero-waste event on campus, and we repeated it this year.<\/p>\n

A zero-waste event means that at least 90% of all the waste generated in preparation for and at the event will be diverted from the landfill and incineration by recycling and composting. The 10% allows for contamination or things that are unavoidable, often things such as plastic wrap that protects unprepared food that planners cannot control. Planners can control the types of food served and can work to keep that waste to a minimum. They also can control the items given to the end user to make sure they can be composted or recycled.<\/p>\n

Sodexo\/Catering found more compostable items for serving which made it easier for attendees to sort, and there was nothing there that needed to go into a trash can. So we didn’t have any.<\/p>\n

A special thanks to the volunteers who stood at the waste stations and made sure attendees got the right items in the right place. If you see Andrew Faltin, Cassandra Hays, Ana Lara-Ramirez, Chrystal Nathan, Tricia Saxton, Michael Skocz, Bobbi Shook, Susan Siebler, Victoria Smith, Julie Sommer, Hannah Stanzel, or Sami Vasistha, please thank them for helping people sort at the bins. Thanks to Tina Spencer and Kimberly Norman for helping clean up and weigh waste. Finally, don’t forget to thank the planning committee and Sodexo, as they were integral in setting this up.<\/p>\n

So how did we do?<\/p>\n