[SustainableTompkins] The End of Garbage at the Ithaca Farmers Market

[Tony Del Plato]

If you can get CU, IC and the varied municipal agencies to sign on to the
"idea and take action," then just maybe before the next few generations pass
on, we might see something like zero garbage happen. I don't know how
important it is to get all the stores to join onto such a program together,
but it's going to take lots of effort to communicate the importance of such
a project. Even big bad Walmart is beginning to see the light, tho it's
important to be careful of the greenwashing that comes out of big
corporations (including the Big Red). Many corporations have marketing and
advertising programs to sell us on what they're doing but the reality is
they contribute very little in real resources and efforts.
Talk to da mayor: Carolyn Peterson would surely be open to supporting such a
program. Go to town board meetings, and county bd meetings and lay it out
there. But more importantly, let's get everyone on board to do what they can
do everyday and encourage, cajole or otherwise make the big waste producers
do the right thing.
Don't agonize, organize
Tony Del Plato


On 3/30/07, Maiken Winter <mw267 at cornell.edu> wrote:
>
> If we could push for that throughout Ithaca, in all stores, that would be
> one of my dreams. In Germany almost all stores take 10 cents for each bag;
> so you see a lot more people with shopping bags. The stores could make
> money off of that, too, so it should be an incentive to do so. The trick
> would be to have all the stores start at the same time, so they do not
> have to be afraid of loosing shoppers that then prefer going somewhere
> else.
> Any idea how to start something like that?
> Maiken
>
> > It may be zero waste on site (commendable, to be sure). Any
> consideration
> > given to the plastic bags the vendors use for sales? Personally, I think
> > the Ithaca Farmers' Market is sufficiently popular that they could
> afford
> > to push a bit by requiring vendors to charge for either paper or plastic
> > bags. That would reward those who bring their own containers, which is
> > what
> > we all should be doing.
> >
> > Joel
> >
> > At 08:08 AM 3/30/07 -0500, you wrote:
> >>Starting on opening day, April 7, The Ithaca Farmers Market will be zero
> >>waste. All utensils and food containers will be compostable.
> >>We believe this is only the second farmer's market in the country to
> >>implement this, after Boulder, Co.
> >>
> >>
> >>Stephen C. Nicholson
> >>President, Sustainable Tompkins
> >>Ithaca, NY
> >>607-539-6923
> >>scnfish at clarityconnect.com
> >>www.sustainabletompkins.org
> >>
> >>
> >>*THE END OF GARBAGE*
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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