KEEPING IT GREEN

Zero Waste

The Northland Bioneers Conference has always been a visionary of zero waste. Together we have recycled or composted over 96% of all of the discards generated at all four of the previous conferences.

Let’s set our sights even higher (or lower in this case!) and work together to make Northland Bioneers a true demonstration that there is no such thing as waste. 

In zero-waste communities and events, we maximize recycling, maximize composting, minimize waste, reduce consumption, and ensure that products are reused, repaired or recycled back into nature or the marketplace. 

You can help make Bioneers a zero-waste event! Please do your part by thinking carefully about the impacts of items that you bring:

• Bring beverages in reusable mugs and/or reusable water bottles.
• Bring cloth napkins, real silverware, and washable dishes from home.
• If you need to wrap something, use tin foil (which can be recycled) or wax paper (which can be composted).
• If you are getting take-out from a restaurant or deli, bring your own reusable containers for them to fill!
• Avoid single serving and over-packaged foods.
• In general, avoid plastic and styrofoam.

Thanks again to Eureka Recycling for showing us the way to a zero-waste event. Eureka Recycling is a local non-profit zero-waste organization based in the Twin Cities, driven by a mission to demonstrate that waste is preventable, not inevitable. Eureka Recycling provides a variety of services and programs to help create a zero waste future. 

Thank YOU to Eureka!

For helping us all contribute to a waste free world!