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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Zero Waste Farmers' Market


Zero waste farmers' market. Zero. Zilch.

100%. 100% Environmentally friendly.

All vendors at this local Santa Monica Farmers' Market serve and pack their goods in biodegradable or recycleable packaging. Corn based forks, sugar cane cup, soy lined coffee cup, and more!

Consumers participate by separating their "waste" into 2 containers: biodegradable and recyclable. Biodegradable items become compost, recycleables are made into future recycle-content products. Anything brought into the market that doesn't fit into these categories? Pack it out, my friend!

Success takes the support of everyone: vendors, consumers, and Sustainable Works volunteers. Through this effort, Santa Monica reports that three cubic yards of waste are kept from landfills each day of the market!

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