GotGreen?™ Events

The primary focus of GOTGREEN?™ Events Consulting & Certification is to help engage individuals in a systematic, cost-effective process to take greater responsibility for improving their environment in public event settings.

FirmGreen's event guide is intended to help organizations reduce the amount of litter generated at community events and to recover recyclable materials from the waste stream. While focusing on litter prevention and recycling, this guide also touches on other environmental concerns that may be incorporated to further minimize the environmental impact of community events.
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Objectives:

• To leave public events free of litter and to promote recycling
• To change attitude about littering on an individual level
• To educate the public about recycling
• To educate the public about sustainable living
• To reduce landfill disposal costs and save natural resources by recycling
• To raise public awareness about renewable energy solutions

Benefits:

Event Benefits

• Maximizes event enjoyment and sense of safety by creating a cleaner, more beautiful environment for visitors and vendors
• Enhances awareness of improved waste management (litter prevention, waste reduction, and recycling) to event coordinators, vendors, and attendees
• Strengthens event-neighbor relations
• Enhances event attendance, length of stay, and percentage of repeat visitors.
• Reduces economic costs associated with cleanup by minimizing staff time needed to pick up litter
• Meets local and state ordinances
• Demonstrates environmental leadership, which may help the event obtain new or additional sponsorships and funding

Community Benefits

• Litter prevention education contributes to maintaining a beautiful community.
• Improvements in solid waste management experience become part of community culture.
• Recycling saves energy, conserves resources, reduces the need for new landfills and incinerators, and stimulates the development of green technologies.
• Purchasing Carbon Offsets and Green Energy tickets helps increase development of regional Renewable Energy Projects.
• The events become an opportunity to affect the behavior of vendors and patrons in a positive way.

A visible recycling program shows visitors that your community is forward-thinking and serves to enhance its desirability as an event destination, which provides economic benefits to the entire community.

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