CHOOSING THE BEST DISHWARE FOR MY ECO-RESPONSIBLE FESTIVAL • Rental services in Brittany: Great, you’ve helped reduce START Are you sure you really need it? companies, ESAT ... often offer to clean used dishware (items can be waste! If there is still Choose a type of article (cup, (A crepe does not need a plate, a fork can replace a returned dirty ) Approx cost: 1,04 € more, start again! flatware, trays, cups, napkins ...) knife, a table does not need a tablecloth...) TTC / set of dishes / pers. • For other events or for associations within the region: do some research No Yes on Matelo or on the map «Where to find» of the Collective Then great! Don’t worry, By not using certain items, Yes Do you own the dishes some rental you can start to change some Do you need (rigid) that you can companies do it habits that can contribute to them for more wash ? And cloth for you reducing waste and and saving No than 3 times a No Could you rent them ? tablecloths and cloth energy. Great, you are getting year? napkins? rid of a certain type of waste, if there are still more, start Yes No again! Yes I do not Why? have a Can you buy some? My event is too clean-up Great ! This is the most In this case, first think of large, in different solution ecological solution (under those from secondhand shops: location, it will move certain conditions) and Emmaus, local upcycling around, glass and the most sustainable. It’s centers... Your stock of dishware knives are forbidden It’s going to Together, let’s find ... it’s really It requires a done! will be eclectic, but pretty! If be expensive solution to clean up the not, buy new ones but only impossible! lot of logistical dishware! I need a large .. from those that promote amount effort, it’s responsible consumption: where complicated manufactured, resources and materials used, that promote solidarity ... It’s true but it’s also It’s doable ! It’s an investment and a already been done The solution: a commitment for the earth Glass and for meals for 2000 well-identified and a better reception of knives are guests stand «Return participants. • Rent, loan or buy(share costs with forbidden,that’s dishware», a Otherwise, don’t forget others)a dishwasher, a glass-washer- Congratulations, impossible sorting table hidden costs of disposal Pay for services from an ESAT you are helping to reduce and a team of products: transportation, • Temporarily use a cafeteria waste! volunteers to collection, waste • Sink, sponge and elbow grease! You Why not reusable hard accompany the incineration (that you can propose that a collective clean up,: Do not stop here: plastic dishes? Made of sorting process. indirectly pay). easy, fun and empowering! - Apply this idea to all the dishware in your polypropylene like those It’s worth Have you looked well event! (swizzle sticks, cups, trays ...) of reusable cups. Ditto for testing ! at the rental prices or If you manage the clean up yourself, - Optimize the use of your equipment by vinyl coated tablecloths. sought to borrow? remember 2 things: respect the hygiene lending or renting it to other events via Matelo (sanitizing, rinsing, drying ...) and the - If you will no longer use some objects, use of natural and ecological cleaning consider offering them for reuse! Yes No products. Save water, it is a precious - If you must throw away broken objects Do you want and Convinced ? commidity! or unused fabric, think about recycling can you afford to and upcycling (eg Relai for manage a deposit and fabrics ...) refund system and all No Yes the communication that goes with it? It’s important to reuse the reusable! Without a deposit system, Learn about the options to rent or buy (suppliers of cups, you risk losing disheware and public entities, shops, internet ...). Keep in mind the therefore money. advantages of polypropylene: cheap, light, tear-proof, Yes No Are you going to do it anyway? recyclable and its drawbacks: made from petroleum, not necessarily sourced locally, not very pleasant. Look for inventive solutions. Let’s move on to other Now, together let’s find a clean up solution Yes No solutions ... You enter the sad area of single-use products (I use and then I throw) ... Too bad not to be in the reuse area, but all is not yet lost! Recyclable tableware Edible dishes Organic dishwear Disposable tableware Compostable that is to say sent to a collection or Surprising and innovative but more «Biodegradable», «vegetable Its advantage: very low cost. tableware. recyling center that will break it down expensive and only possible for some based», «ecological», «green», «in Not recyclable, non-compostable, Relevant only to reuse the material (except for glass, products. Plates made from corn, bowls from natural and recyclable material», also called residual waste, it will end if it is truly it does not work infinity!) (A viable tortilla, ice cream cones ... There are also «naturally biodegradable», «bio- up in the garbage, then buried or composted! but expensive solution, requiring edible cutlery (water + flour) plastic» and «bio-sourced plastics» incinerated. or other super-cool names with transportation and infrastruce. the green and white logo and Not a viable solution, from an promises of green economy environmental point of view. Great I’ll Choose the product based on your Not a No, I Great, you got idea take it needs, find out what is being used, choice, I rather rid of one type That (plastic, cardboard, aluminum ...):, its am going avoid this of waste, if there looks origin, recycled or not ... are others, start great again Check with public or city entities if the product is recyclable in the region It’s a good sign if there are collection Find another You may be fooling yourself. Beware of marketing and instructions in your region, but there misleading advertising. Try to find out more about the item by are always nuances. solution! contacting the supplier if necessary. Is the product: Yes, this dish The market of The product is it recyclable in the • Bio-sourced: made from natural materials is recyclable compostable tableware region? • Recycled: manufactured with materials that would have been is evolving but prices are discarded still higher than those Let’s try to limit the damage: • Recyclable: items that can be collected and are manufactured into of non-compostable - Promote renewable resources new products after they’ve been used, but only if a collection center disposable tableware No Yes and recycled products (valid for exits Yes (sometimes double or plastics, wood, paper ...), read the • Composable: which breaks down and becomes a soil like product. logos and labels. Please note that some products will take a long time to break down triple the cost). using a home based composte method and may require composting in Are you ready to pay this - Choose the material based on an industrial center. extra cost? different criteria (strength, price, Also pay attention to the quality of the compost: some products will resistance to heat, size ...) decompose but there is no guarantee that the compost will be organic. The planet • Biodegradable: which degrades without releasing toxic product. thanks you No Do you have the answers to your questions? Is it clearer ? (If Great ! necessary, ask ADEME for help, your public entity in charge of You’ve found a Carton Plastique waste management, or the Collectif) product that can be valorised, and Check with your a waste recovery community, a private solution. Go to the Yes, this implementation Look sector partner ... if you Well ... it’s a short-term solution No dish is can get assistance buying section elsewhere compostable because plastic disposable tableware. Or consider tableware (cups and plates) will a group purchase with Depending on the quantity of tableware, be banned as of January 1st, 2020, other events to negotiate look for another type of unless the plastic is biosourced at better rates Vérifiez auprès de Look for a composting center or one that uses a recycling solution in the la collectivité ou du 50% in 2020 and 60% in 2025 process using Anaerobic, using microorganisms that private sector (Paprec, syndicat en charge des break down biodegradable material, that will accept Veolia, Eco-action +, déchets si le produit Maple Leaf ...) that are, biodegradable tableware from your event: Yes No est recyclable I in general, fee based. • From the public entity or waste management union: Found it yet? I continue change Do they collect bio-waste door-to-door or is there a my mind I opt for bio- with sourced composting center? Yes No disposable • From local farmers, community gardens or a plastic gardening association Find No Yes • With volunteers or residents of the event that are another ready to collect 1 or 2 bags solution! • From a waste management supplier (paid). Your product is Great ! Find Have you found a composting center? not recyclable, You’ve found a another find another product that can solution! be valorised, and Yes No solution! In this case, it is not at all relevant a waste recovery to opt for compostable dishes that solution. Go to the come from the other side of the implementation section world and that are expensive. Let’s find another solution! Great ! You’ve Why not? found a product that These new materials can be valorised, and a may be interesting Locate a supplier with compostable tableware (beware of fancy marketing and You haven’t found anything better waste recovery solution. than disposable tableware: try to ecologically, but look instead for compostability standards). Choose the material based on your Go to the there are some that needs and pay attention to the different criteria *: reuse them again (eg: one cup for 2 implementation coffees during the day, rinsed cups, are lacking a good Paper Carton Wood Palm Bagasse PLA section a reusable presentation platter...) understanding: What is it made of? Manufacturing + + ++ ++ ++ + Are there a sufficient amount of what part remains process garbage bins at your event, well of the plastic? Is it Renewable + + + ++ ++ - positioned and visible.