Help Bring Recycling to the National Pride Festival
- by Brandon Fuller on Thursday, May 21, 2009
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The National Pride Festival is coming to DC on June 14. The event attracts over 250,000 people, along with many food vendors. Unfortunately, like most big events in DC, it also attracts an enormous amount of waste that overflows garbage cans.
A lot of the waste generated at events like Pride is recyclable, like drink bottles, papers and cans. To make sure these recyclables are separated properly, Burgundy Crescent Volunteers, an organization with 3,500 LGBT volunteers, is leading a recycling effort for the Pride Festival called “BuGREENdy” (get it!?).
Recycling Ambassadors will be paired up with another volunteer to bring full bags of recyclables to drop-off areas, encourage people to recycle, talk up recycling at a booth and discourage contamination (non-recyclables being put into recycling bins).
In addition to helping prevent recyclables from ending up in the dump, you can have fun and even get a free t-shirt (woot!). To volunteer, email jonathan@burgundycrescent.org. Burgundy Crescent is looking for about 12-18 volunteers for each of their 2-hour shifts during the Festival.
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Brandon Fuller has written 178 stories on this site.
Brandon Fuller works at the intersection of environmental policy and communications. Currently, he publishes a blog on environmental issues and green living that has been featured in the Washington Post Express, Washingtonian.com, GreenPlanet.com and more. He is also a member of the advisory committee for CarbonFreeDC, a grassroots initiative dedicated to mobilizing DC-area residents to dramatically reduce local carbon emissions. He recently earned a law degree in environmental law and policy and has served as both a Law Clerk and Legislative Assistant for the State of Florida.
