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A sorted affair
By Jane Bogner, Solano Group
The holidays are upon us. Try not to get carried away and purchase fancy DISPOSABLE party ware. Think "green" when planning your next party to help save our landfills. Stay small or dive in, but do something to reduce waste at your next party.
GREEN PARTY PLANNER
BIG PARTY
RENT dishes, cutlery, glasses, serving platters, and linens. Ask caterers to provide reusable dishes. BORROW dishes, tables and chairs from local clubs or churches. A donation to their coffers will help their cause. PURCHASE quaint dishes, glasses or serving plafters at local thrift stores or garage sales. PURCHASE pin-on Name Badge Holders and collect at the end of the party.
REDEEM your CRV beer and soda containers for money at VALCORE Recycling or your local recycling center. RECYCLE glass bottles, #1 PET plastic bottles, clean aluminum foil, foil pans, steel cans, brown paper bags and cardboard boxes curbside or at local recycling centers. RECYCLE plastic grocery bags at local grocery stores.
WINE BOTTLE CORKS can be tossed in your yard waste recycling barrel.
DONATE - SAVE - SHARE
DONATE leftover food to local shelters or agencies. SAVE left-over wines for cooking. WASH plastic serving platters, glasses and cutlery to reuse. BRING empty containers to take home party leftovers that may have gone into the trash.
COMPOST paper napkins, all non-meat food scraps and coffee grounds. Plain paper plates can be torn into strips and added to your compost. Remember to recycle and/or reuse party goods so that only trash goes into our landfills.
VALCORE hosted a party for 65 people recently. After the party, we had only 8 ounces of waste which consisted of plastic food wrappers.
VALCORE Recycling Board President Jane Bogner's A Sorted Affair is published every other week in the Vallejo Times-Herald. Send your recycling concerns to her at jabogner@juno.com.
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