Transportation: There are so simple ways to get your guests/attendees to and from your venues in an eco-friendly manner.
- Choose only one venue. This eliminates the need to travel between locations and eliminates car trips.
- If you need to hold your event at more than one location, consider locations that are Metro accessible. Provide Metro maps and detail directions to your guests to make their mass transit experience more pleasant.
- If you are not able to choose mass transit accessible locations, encourage your guests to carpool (always great as an end-of-evening option for safety reasons). Or, provide buses to transport your guests.
- If you are hiring a transportation company, consider ones that provide alternative-fuel vehicles. EcoLimo, a car service company based in California, just opened a new branch in DC. Among its fleet of cars is a bio-diesel fueld Ford Excursion that seats up to 9 people.
Donate Leftovers: If there is a lot of leftover food, please ask your caterer if you can donate the food to DC Central Kitchen who will also come and pick up the food.
You can also donate floral arrangements to a local hospital or nursing home. I'm sure the recipients would love them!
Reduce Packaging: One of the biggest contributor to waste is packaging so think about ways to reduce the use of packaging. For example, serve water in pitchers or in pretty glass dispensers instead of individual bottles. You can have some bottles on hand so you can give them out upon request. Buy larger bottles of sodas and mixers instead of individual small cans. If you are doing a snack bar, you can serve popcorn or pretzels in big bowls instead of individual bags.
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