Help LEAF Go Green!

BEING GREEN & LEAVING NO TRACE is a COMMUNITY EFFORT.

LEAF is committed to the goal of a becoming a waste-free experience
through Land Fill Diversion:
Lets ALL join the LEAF Trashhuggers Crew to make a difference.
•REDUCE
•RECYCLE Green Team Staff will be going through YOUR trash & EDUCATING you about proper waste disposal.
•REUSE
•COMPOST. BE GREEN
•PACK OUT YOUR RECYCLABLES & excessive trash. 
•NO GLASS or STYROFOAM.  LEAF encourages you to bring your own cups, plates & utensils for meals.
•NO trash in recycle cans.
•LEAF is NOT your trash/recycle dump.

LEAF needs your help! Here's how you can:

FOOD BOOTHS:
  • we encourage you to use products that are reusable and/or recyclable. …BIO WARE
  • Eco-Product Conversion*
  • Composting
  • Give incentives to REUSE plates etc… Sugar Shack does!
  • NO Styrofoam- yuk!


    • All LEAFERs
  • Recycling stations are set up throughout the main part of camp.
  • Please consider what you are bringing to LEAF and try to help us keep it waste-free by bringing only recyclable items and packing out what you pack in.
  • Use reusable utensils, cups, plates and other items


    • CONCESSIONS:
  • Compostable Corn beer cups
  • More Draft Beer


    • *Eco product standards are non-toxic, conserves resources and habitats, has no effect or mitigates climate change, sustainable business practices and supports local community.

    Great Green Tips

    COMPOSTING! Try composting food waste to create nutrient-rich gardening material. Composting can reduce landfill waste up to 75%:
    Compostable:
    fruit & veggie scraps
    egg shells
    coffee grounds
    tea bags
    fireplace ash
    leaves
    grass
    yard clippings
    vacuum cleaner lint
    wool & cotton rags
    sawdust
    non-recyclable paper
    		 Non-Compostable:
    meats, bones & dairy foods fats, oils & grease pet excrement fish scraps diseased plants
    GREEN TIPS AT HOME!
  • Do a full load of laundry and set the water temperature to cold. About 90% of the energy used for washing clothes is for heating the water.

  • Did you know close to 95% of the water we use goes down the drain?

  • If you… Fix leaky faucets and plumbing joints, you’ll save 20 gallons per day for every leak fixed.

  • If you…Shorten your showers, even by a minute or two, you’ll save up to 700 gallons per month.

  • If you…Turn off the water while brushing your teeth, you’ll save up to 3 gallons each day

  • Follow the 3 R’s- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Over 100 billion plastic bags are used in the US annually with 1% recycled. Paper bag production generates 70% more air pollutants and 50% more water pollutants than plastic bags. Bring your own re-usable bag, basket or box the next time you shop.

  • Use Compact Fluorescent light bulbs. They use 75-85% less energy that incandescent bulbs. This means that for every CFL bulb you use, you’ll be helping to prevent approximately 600 pounds of harmful emissions from entering the environment

  • Shop local and in-season to reduce reliance on food items that have to be transported over long distances.

    • Sundance Power Systems

    Also check out the Sundance Solar Stage at LEAF! Powering the future today with sun, wind and water.

    Food Vendors

    Food Vendors are participating in eco product replacement ... details coming soon.... Vendors using Eco Products at LEAF!

    LEAF COMPOST will be going to:
    Paul Gallimore, Director
    Long Branch Environmental Education Center
    POB 369 Big Sandy Mush Creek
    Leicester, NC 28748
    E-mail: paul@LongBrancheec.org
    Tel. 828/683-3662 Fax: 828/683-9211
    Web Site: LongBrancheec.org

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