Riverfest Recycles
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How can 250,000 festival-goer’s, 28 food vendors, 13 beverage tents, kids activities and crafts, plus a host of musicians, vendors, rides and games, law enforcement personnel, plus thousands of hard working volunteers enjoy a three-day event in the heart of Arkansas without leaving a huge environmental footprint?? It seems like an impossible task, but thanks to our new “Go Green” Committee and the cooperation from all concerned, Riverfest is going to prove that it can be done!
2010 will mark the second year that Riverfest will “Go Green” with the Riverfest Recycles Program. The program encourages festival goers to keep recyclable plastic bottles and aluminum cans out of the landfills by collecting them from the festival grounds and exchanging them for fun items at our Riverfest Recycles Centers. Stop by one of our recycling centers and pick up a collection bag, enjoy the festival while filling up your bag with aluminum cans or plastic bottles, then return it to one of our recycling centers with at least 30 cans and/or bottles. You will receive a Riverfest Recycles T-shirt for your efforts. Can’t find 30 cans or bottles? Bring us what you can and trade it in for a variety of items such as temporary tattoos, water bottles, pencils, wee-pull characters and other fun items.
Win this car at Riverfest 2010!!!
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Get your “green card” stamped and return it to either Recycling Tent on-site. You receive stamps by recycling bottles & cans, riding the Riverfest Shuttle, recycling old cell phones and other “green” activities. Once you have gotten three stamps, return your green card to the recycle tent and you will be automatically registered to win this cool car. Visit one of the Riverfest Recycling tents on -site for more information. The car give-away is sponsored by Regional Recycling & Waste Reduction District. The winner will be responsible for sales tax and all applicable fees. |
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Last year the Riverfest Recycles program collected 21,400 lbs of recyclable material – that is over 10 tons that did not go to a landfill!! Be kind to the environment and help us recycle!
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In addition to the Riverfest Recycles program, TRG brings The Scrap Exchange to Riverfest 2010. The TRG Scrap Exchange brings a van full of colorful, fun materials to your event for hands-on creativity. People of all ages will have a great time making things (anything they can think of — from hats to rockets to puppets to handbags) out of our fascinating variety of materials. In addition to materials, we provide tools to create with (scissors, staplers, tape) along with two trained staff members who set everything up, help facilitate the creativity, and clean it all up afterwards. You can find The TRG Scrap Exchange behind the Peabody Hotel near the new sculpture garden in Riverfront Park. Be sure to get your "Green Card" stamped here for a chance to win the 2010 Mercedes Smart Car~
