To the editor:

Would you believe 25,000 July 4th celebrants and just 60 full bags of trash?

That’s what happened when 40 Bainbridge Island Zero Waste volunteers, the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce and Chris Miller, Bainbridge Disposal (all donated services), and the Bainbridge High girls swim team with coach Greg Colby provided the means for festival goers to compost food, cups and dishes and recycle drink containers.

Zero Waste volunteers directed patrons at 10 resource recovery stations whether to pitch into the recycling receptacle, the compost tote, or the trash barrel.

Thanks to vendors buying compostable paper products, the dishware and food will become nutrient-rich compost; the recyclables will turn back into new cans and bottles; and comparatively few discards will end up serving no purpose buried in a landfill.

Look for more Zero Waste resource recovery stations — or better yet, join us — at upcoming Bainbridge bashes like Bluegrass Festival, National Night Out and Harvest Fair. Contact Sustainable Bainbridge to help out. How low (landfill) can we go, Bainbridge?

DIANE LANDRY

BI Zero Waste Coordinator