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The Whole Earth Reusables Cooperative (WERC) was formed for the 2002 Whole Earth Festival as one more step toward a waste-free ideal model of an ecologically sustainable event. Through the cooperation of our volunteers, festival-goers, and, most importantly, food vendors, we hope to successfully eliminate the concept of disposability as a part of the Whole Earth Festival. Reusing dishes directly reduces our contribution to the landfills, saves forests, prevents land/air/water pollution, and saves energy costs associated with shipping and manufacturing. The program also gives the consumer a first-hand educational experience that connects them with their responsibility to the resources they consume.
Here is how it works:
- When you purchase food from a vendor, pay a refundable deposit for your dish.
- After finishing your meal, drop your dish(s) at one of the two refund booths and collect your deposit.
Attention
If you have any WERC (Whole Earth Reusables Cooperative) plates, cups,
mugs, spoons, forks, or chopsticks that you accidentally took home from
festivals past, or acquired by other means...please return them! You
know what they look like...the lovely yellowy plates and those
blue-gray mugs. Sure you're fond of them, and you've enjoyed them for a
while, but WERC needs them back. We will be at the KP meeting this
Wednesday, starting at 6:30, to collect them.You can turn them in at the KP meetings or at the Festival. Thank you!
Attention
If you have any WERC (Whole Earth Reusables Cooperative) plates, cups, mugs, spoons, forks, or chopsticks that you accidentally took home from festivals past, or acquired by other means...please return them! You know what they look like...the lovely yellowy plates and those blue-gray mugs. Sure you're fond of them, and you've enjoyed them for a while, but WERC needs them back. We will be at the KP meeting this Wednesday, starting at 6:30, to collect them. You can turn them in at the KP meetings or at the Festival. Thank you! Camille,
Clint, & Nik, Your 2008 WERC Coordinators.
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