Millbrae Art & Wine Festival: One Green Festival
 The Millbrae Chamber of Commerce will once again partner with South San Francisco Scavenger, Boy Scout Troop 355 and the City of Millbrae (a Sierra Club-designated “Cool City”) to promote and encourage recycling and composting at the Millbrae Art & Wine Festival, September 4-5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Broadway.
“Every day we talk about ways to reduce, re-use, and recycle,” said John Ford, President/CEO of the Millbrae Chamber of Commerce. “We’re on a mission to make the festival as green and sustainable as possible — it’s a major priority for us and something we diligently plan for and hope to improve upon every year.”
The festival has taken steps to make it easier than ever for festivalgoers and vendors to conserve resources by recycling and composting. Festival food vendors are required to use recyclable and compostable foodware. Containers will be made available to food vendors for composting left-over food scraps including meat and bones, paper plates, cups, chopsticks, skewers and napkins. This material will be collected and added to South San Francisco Scavenger’s existing Commercial Composting collection program.
Recycling is another major component of the “greening” effort. The festival will be serving beer, margaritas and mojitos in bio-degradable plastic cups. Specially marked free-standing containers will be positioned throughout the festival route for recycling glass and plastic bottles, and aluminum cans. Additionally, there will be large recycling containers for cardboard and mixed paper as well as glass, plastic and aluminum in strategic locations for event staff, vendors and sponsors. “It’s our goal to make sure we’re doing everything possible to maximize recycling and minimize trash,” said Ford. The festival will recycle some 2,000 bottles of wine, margaritas and mojitos.
The festival is also encouraging the use of public transportation, bicycles and car pools to minimize carbon emissions and reduce vehicular traffic. Free round-trip shuttle service will be available from the Millbrae BART/Caltrain station every twenty minutes, dropping off and picking up riders at the south end of the festival near the intersection of Victoria Avenue and Broadway.
“We’re delighted and pleased to partner again with the Chamber of Commerce,” said Millbrae Mayor Paul Seto. “It fits in with our efforts to create a sustainable community, will help to promote recycling and will reduce the amount of garbage placed in landfills.”
South San Francisco Scavenger is a leading integrated solid waste management company in the Bay Area offering debris box, recycling and garbage services for residential and commercial customers. For additional information, please go to: http://www.ssfscavenger.com. |
