The following are statistics on how much waste was generated at the 2013 edition of our annual Firekracker 5k (July 4th). As you can see, we diverted an astounding 98% from the landfill!
Kudos to Green Events—whom we had organize the race this year—for achieving such a diversion rate.
- Compost: 178.4 lbs
- Recycle: 71.8 lbs
- Landfill: 5.0 lbs
- Total: 255.2 lbs
- Diversion rate: 98%