Comments on: Three Rivers Arts Festival Greens its Waste Stream http://corduroyorange.com/?p=312 The only Food Blog written by Jesse Sharrard Sun, 12 Apr 2026 01:05:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: jwsharrard http://corduroyorange.com/?p=312#comment-39370 jwsharrard Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:15:31 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=312#comment-39370 Update from Carla Castagnero of Agrecycle: the first two loads collected from the Three Rivers Arts Festival were free of almost all contaminants: the only non-compostable item found by the processors were plastic water bottles, and they were found at a low enough concentration that they were able to remove them by hand, so all of the compost collected went into the windrows. Basically, the Arts Festival and their volunteers have done a great job! Update from Carla Castagnero of Agrecycle: the first two loads collected from the Three Rivers Arts Festival were free of almost all contaminants: the only non-compostable item found by the processors were plastic water bottles, and they were found at a low enough concentration that they were able to remove them by hand, so all of the compost collected went into the windrows.

Basically, the Arts Festival and their volunteers have done a great job!

]]> By: jim http://corduroyorange.com/?p=312#comment-39364 jim Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:04:31 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=312#comment-39364 This festival in Pittsburgh is doing the same thing that the North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival (http://corduroyorange.com/?p=246). But I gather that the one in Pittsburgh is significantly larger than the total attendance of ~10,000 in Orange, MA. This festival in Pittsburgh is doing the same thing that the North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival (http://corduroyorange.com/?p=246). But I gather that the one in Pittsburgh is significantly larger than the total attendance of ~10,000 in Orange, MA.

]]> By: Aurora http://corduroyorange.com/?p=312#comment-39363 Aurora Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:30:57 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=312#comment-39363 Also, if you're looking for help to manage your own waste streams, Pennsylvania Resources Council is an excellent resource. www.prc.org Also, if you’re looking for help to manage your own waste streams, Pennsylvania Resources Council is an excellent resource.

http://www.prc.org

]]> By: Aurora http://corduroyorange.com/?p=312#comment-39362 Aurora Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:25:04 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=312#comment-39362 Don-- If you're interested in local green buildings, check out what Green Building Alliance is doing all over Western Pennsylvania to help great projects like Phipps's Center for Sustainable Landscapes (which is pursuing the Living Building Challenge) minimize their impacts on the environment. www.gbapgh.org Don– If you’re interested in local green buildings, check out what Green Building Alliance is doing all over Western Pennsylvania to help great projects like Phipps’s Center for Sustainable Landscapes (which is pursuing the Living Building Challenge) minimize their impacts on the environment.

http://www.gbapgh.org

]]> By: Donald L. Gibbon http://corduroyorange.com/?p=312#comment-39347 Donald L. Gibbon Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:28:23 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=312#comment-39347 I'm delighted with this report and just wanted to add that our remarkable Phipps Conservatory has made similar commitments to totally biodegradable plates, cups and cutlery at the Conservatory and the Garden Center. If you're not yet aware of it, the Phipps is in the process of creating the world's first "living building" which will be totally disconnected from utilities. It will provide its own electricity, waste water treatment, water supply, heat and cooling from within its property. The innovations being put in place stand to make Pittsburgh a world center for "green" building technology. It is all being done by Pittsburgh institutions: architects, engineers, construction companies, manufacturers. This is a HUGE opportunity for Pittsburgh. I’m delighted with this report and just wanted to add that our remarkable Phipps Conservatory has made similar commitments to totally biodegradable plates, cups and cutlery at the Conservatory and the Garden Center.

If you’re not yet aware of it, the Phipps is in the process of creating the world’s first “living building” which will be totally disconnected from utilities. It will provide its own electricity, waste water treatment, water supply, heat and cooling from within its property. The innovations being put in place stand to make Pittsburgh a world center for “green” building technology. It is all being done by Pittsburgh institutions: architects, engineers, construction companies, manufacturers. This is a HUGE opportunity for Pittsburgh.

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