V Festival Goes Green (from DCist)

http://dcist.com/2007/08/06/the_virgin_fest.php

Nobody that went to this year's festival left without learning a few things about environmental consciousness. The program guide informed us that an average festival of this size produces about 192,000 pounds of landfill waste. To get that number closer to zero, there were 50 "waste reclamation stations" around the venue, each with compost, recycling and landfill bins, and volunteers to tell you which receptacle your trash went in (it's worth noting that those volunteers were very well educated on the subject and willing to answer questions and engage in conversation). Cups, utensils and even garbage bags were made from compostable corn, all paper products were made from recycled material, all inks were soy-based, all energy was solar, wind or bio-diesel, and public transportation was encouraged. They even got festival-goers involved with the green efforts by rewarding people who collected empty bottles and cans with prizes from band merch to iPod speakers.