Green Festivals - San Francisco Green Festival Greening Report

San Francisco Green Festival Greening Report

Green Festival San Francisco – November 2006
Overall Greening and Waste Recovery Numbers
Matthew J Dufon, Greening manager

Congratulations, San Francisco Green Festival!

Thanks to the amazing efforts of hundreds of greening volunteers under the leadership of Greening Manager Matt Dufone, the San Francisco Green Festivalachieved an impressive 96% resource recovery rate. What an incredible feat!Only 4% of all the waste generated during this 3-day event with 35,000people found its way to the local landfill. Another great example of what¹s
working in our communities.
Total Landfill Waste:                      930 lbs.
Total Compost Recovered:           9716 lbs. (4 ¾ Tons)
Total Corrugated Cardboard:       3900 lbs. *
Total Recycling Recovered:           6613 lbs.

Total Electronics Recycling Recovery:        65 lbs
Total Weight of Waste Recovered:           21,224 lbs.
Percentage of Overall Landfill Diversion: 96.33%

Weights provided by:
Bob Besso – Norcal Waste Systems
Laura McKaughan – San Francisco Conservation Corps.
James W. Koa – Green Citizen

•   Corrugated Cardboard weight is based on average weight of 1 cu yd. of corrugated cardboard ( 1yard = 80lbs) Estimated 48.75 yds.