Keep Wheatland Clean & Green!

Pre-festival preparation is key!  Also, making an effort to be conscientious while at the festival goes a long way, and we are hoping to make that easier for you by providing more trash barrels and an expanded recycling program.

Know Before You Go

• Before your arrival, repackage food into reusable containers to eliminate waste on the festival site
• Bring reusable bags instead of plastic bags for your food and belongings
• Bring re-usable cups, plates, napkins, water bottles, containers, etc.  This will cut down on the amount of trash you produce at the festival.
• Bring a washtub for dirty dishes
• Bring water jugs to store drinking and wash water.  Use reusable water bottles (Keep Wheatland Clean & Green water bottles available at volunteer orientations and the 2014 festival! -aluminum, BPA Free)
• Bring extra trash bags and plan a spot in your campsite for sorted trash and recycling (if you run out of trash bags, check your campsite’s Worker Safety Stations for extras)
• Smokers – please dispose of your butts thoughtfully.  Try bringing a Pocket Ashtray or an empty Altoid tin and dispose of them properly.  Cigarette butts are #1 on the “litter-list” at Wheatland, and are painstaking for our volunteers to clean up.
• Bring environmentally friendly bath / hygiene products

Cut Out the Trash

• Do your part to help clean up any litter that you see during the festival.  Be a model for others.
• Littering and leaving trash behind is a sad sight to see, especially in a place to which  so many people have a strong, life-long connection.  Please, respect the land and the people around you, don’t litter.  Just because this used to be a farm doesn’t mean we have to make it a pigsty 😉
• Re-use is the name of the game!  Use reusable plates, utensils, cups, water bottles, napkins etc.
• Secure your campsite belongings well to reduce windblown trash and litter.  Keep a tidy camp!
• Separate your trash into categories for recycling and landfill.  Please assist us by using the recycling and garbage bins correctly and keeping your site litter free.
• After the festival, pack everything you brought with you.  Leave the area as nice as – or better than – you found it.

Wildlife & the Land

• Human food is unhealthy for all wildlife and feeding them starts bad habits.  Please pack up any leftover food from the weekend or find a compost bucket, located in the Food Vendor area.
• Keep their home clean by picking up any trash/debris.

Work with Others

• Establish a clean and green camping community!  Collaborate with other nearby campers to share your resources and to work to Leave No Trace in a fun and festive manner!

You will be hearing a lot about “Keep Wheatland Clean & Green” leading up to and at the festival, and we want you to be proud participants!  Your mind and voice can make a difference.  We would love to hear your responses to the following questions in order to help us create recycling and waste management procedures that will most benefit you, our festival-goers.  Additional ideas are welcome!