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Resource and Recovery: Trying to inspire change in the Charleston event world.
My first experience with the “resource & recovery process” was at the 2008 Charleston Green Fair. With the help of Seven Star Events and in conjunction wihe City of Charleston Horticulture Dept we diverted shredded compostables, recycled bottles and cans from the landfill. Even with all the challenges in the first year of the Green Fair, we still [...]
Announcing the first annual Carolina Dirt Fair with Charleston County Parks!
TOP CHEF JUDGE AND AUTHOR CHEF HUGH ACHESON JOINS THE CHARLESTON, SC DIRT FAIR LINEUP FOR A CELEBRATION OF FARMING AND FOOD! This interactive, educational event will connect local farms, restaurants and agriculture-related businesses to the community. The Carolina Green Fair and Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission are hosting, Sunday, April 29, 2012, at [...]
We painted Charleston and Columbia “green” in 2011!
With the help of Sonoco Recycling and Alcoa, our Resource & Recovery stations got a makeover, helping to educate attendees with color-coded sorting bins. These efforts kept our waste diversion numbers in Charleston over 95% and Columbia was not far behind with nearly 93% of the waste in Finlay Park diverted from the Columbia landfills. [...]
