What is Homewood Recycling’s website where you can find the Event Support Request form?
100
The colors of zero waste bins.
What are yellow and green?
100
What ZW stands for.
What is Zero Waste?
100
Eliminating these printed items will reduce waste significantly.
What are invitations or programs?
200
One of the JHU Preferred Green Caterers.
What are Bon Appetit, Café Azafran, Zeffert and Gold, Rouge, etc.?
200
Homewood Recycling gives this discount on event support charges for events that are zero waste.
What is 50%?
200
Homewood Recycling offers these educational materials for your event attendees.
What are table tents and PowerPoint slides?
200
Only these types of items can be generated at a Zero Waste event.
What are recyclable and compostable waste?
200
An event that is planned in a way that minimizes waste, uses resources responsibly, and considers environmental sustainability from procurement to attendee engagement.
What is a “green event”?
300
Green caterers cannot use this type of material.
What is styrofoam?
300
Caterers might need one of these even if the event is zero waste.
What is the Office of Sustainability website where you can get additional green event planning resources?
300
The rounds waste bins that are provided at events.
What are brutes?
300
Consider asking your guests to bring this to your event to reduce waste.
What is a water bottle or mug?
400
Green caterers must be able to provide an alternative to this.
What is bottled water?
400
One common type of contamination at a zero waste event.
What are chip bags, plastic utensils, coffee creamer packets?
400
The easiest way to educate your guests about sorting.
What is make a verbal announcement during your event?
400
All disposable plastics sold on campus are made from this material.
What is corn?
400
Homewood Facilities is adding these to building on campus to reduce the need for bottled water at events.
What are water bottle filling stations?
500
Green caterers must be able to accommodate this type of dietary restriction.
What is vegetarian?
500
Homewood Recycling’s motto that all waste bins should be placed next to each other.
What is “No bin stands alone”?
500
The most effective way to communicate to your guests how to sort their waste.
What is have volunteers stand at the waste stations to assist guests?
500
The 2 bin waste stations that are used for smaller, more formal zero waste events.
What are Busch Bins?
500
If these items are deemed necessary for your event, you should consider purchasing ones that are durable, functional and sustainably or locally sourced.