Special Event Recycling

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Special Event Recycling North Carolina State
University Waste Reduction and Recycling January
31, 2007
Special Event Recycling North Carolina State
University Waste Reduction and Recycling January
31, 2007
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Special Event Recycling
Special Event Recycling 7

• Symbolic Importance
• Where do people go to make waste?
• Have you invited these people to recycle?
• Opportunity to foment a culture of recycling

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Special Event Recycling
Special Event Recycling 7

• Make Recycling Positive
• Prizes, Praise and Appeals to Symbolic Figures
• Celebrating the positive impacts
• Embed the concept of recycling (marketing)

NC State University STUDENTS cruise the parking
lots in Chuck Wagon's distributing Chuck It
koozies to fans consuming large amounts of
aluminum, glass and plastic containers.
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Special Event Recycling
Special Event Recycling 7

• Moving Beyond
• Zero-waste opportunities
• Connecting with issues of sustainability
• Building coalitions, growing support
• Your recycling program could one day outperform
  your athletic teams!