Green Festivals

Seattle Greening Practices

The 2008 Seattle Green Festival landfill diversion is truly impressive and was made possible by the contribution of hundreds of amazing Green Team volunteers. Many thanks to all those who woked tirelessly (and had fun at the same time) to bring to fruition a truly GREEN Green Festival. Thank you, Seattle, for your warm welcome and enthusiastic support of Resource Recovery. Special Thanks to John Brucker and his staff at Washington State Trade and Convention Center. Also, thanks to Aramark staff for a great collaboration during the event.

We look forward to returning to Seattle in 2009.

2008 Seattle Greening Management Team:
Director of Greening Kristen Kennedy
Green Team Assistant Manager Lindsey Newkirk
Back of House Manager Cory West

Seattle Green Festival--April 12 - 13, 2008
Resource Recovery Calculations
	Pounds	Percentage of Total
Total Recovered Compost	3760	23%
(organic matter and bioware)
Total Recovered Recyclables	4380	27%
(plastic bottles and tubs, metal, glass, mixed paper)
Total Recovered Cardboard (cardboard)	3700	23%
Total Recovered Electronics Recycling	646
Batteries: 333 lbs; Cell phones & accessories: 80 lbs; Laptops: 119 lbs; printer cartridges: 4 lbs.
Mixed household electronics: 77 lbs; Mixed media: 33 lbs.
Total Recovered Plastic Film	225	1%
(shrink wrap, plastic bags)
Total Recovered Greywater	3128	19%
(375 gallons at 8.34 lbs/gallon)
Total Amount of waste sent to the Landfill	530	3%
(candy wrappers, styrofoam, carpet scraps, odds and ends)
Waste Stream Total	16369	100%

Total Resources Recovered	15,839 pounds	97% diverted from the Landfill