and song and dance performances. Pilot Event Nature of Event Location Time Total Presence of Enclosure Waste Generating Recycling Name and Number Bottle Activities Educator Date of Collectors Volunteers Attendees 5 Youth-oriented free Second Aug. Aug. 24: Many bottle No Food, drinks, and related Over 25 music festival which beach, 24-25 10,000 collectors enclosure packaging were the main volunteers Stanley included food Stanley present. Event source of waste at this present, many Park: vendors, one large Park 12:00 Aug. 25: organizing event. volunteering for “LIVE at stage, several tents pm- 15,000 team and shifts on Aug 24 Second selling clothing and 9:00 recycling Food vendors were all and 25. Shifts Beach” other items, and a pm educators using compostable were event large beer garden. occasionally containers, with the approximately 4.5 requested that exception of some brown hours in length. bottle plastic-lined boxes. The majority of collectors leave volunteers were bottles A large source of waste high school-aged because of were the #7 plastic beer students, many of arrangement cups used by Stanley Park whom were with United we Brewery, which sponsored international Can—only ltd. the event and provided students with success. beer in the beer garden. moderate While compostable, this proficiency in plastic is not accepted by English. the composting facilities at which the City’s waste GCS provided is processed. guidance to recycling educators but did not play a major role in monitoring.
and song and dance performances. Pilot Event Name Nature of Event Location Time and Date Total Number of Attendees Presence of Bottle Collectors Enclosure Waste Generating Activities Recycling Educator Volunteers 5 Stanley Park: “LIVE at Second Beach” event Youth-oriented free music festival which included food vendors, one large stage, several tents selling clothing and other items, and a large beer garden. Second beach, Stanley Park Aug. 24-25 12:00 pm- 9:00 pm Aug. 24: 10,000 Aug. 25: 15,000 Many bottle collectors present. Event organizing team and recycling educators occasionally requested that bottle collectors leave bottles because of arrangement with United we Can—only ltd. success. No enclosure Food, drinks, and related packaging were the main source of waste at this event. Food vendors were all using compostable containers, with the exception of some brown plastic-lined boxes. A large source of waste were the #7 plastic beer cups used by Stanley Park Brewery, which sponsored the event and provided beer in the beer garden. While compostable, this plastic is not accepted by the composting facilities at which the City’s waste is processed. Over 25 volunteers present, many volunteering for shifts on Aug 24 and 25. Shifts were approximately 4.5 hours in length. The majority of volunteers were high school-aged students, many of whom were international students with moderate proficiency in English. GCS provided guidance to recycling educators but did not play a major role in monitoring.
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