Volunteer Spotlight on Kiosks
How much have our amazingly dedicated volunteers helped YOU sort in 2010?
Well, according to Cecil Winzer, SFC’s fearless market manager, “We have we collected 215 Bags of Recycling (8,170 gallons), and 228 Bags of Compost (8,664 Gallons). There were 95 Bags of landfill (3,610 gallons) and we diverted the sum of recycling and compost (16,834 gallons) from the landfill”.
That also means we have had 1-2 volunteers at every bin, twice a week, touching trash. It’s not a pretty job, but I’m so glad someone wants to do it. And there are 3 individuals that we owe a large portion of this thanks to: Andrew Liguori, Marla Dawn and Max Gallegos. Max has been doing this almost a year, several times a month. He has always recycled at home but composting was new. As is shopping at the market! What’s Max’s favorite part of being at the market? “The people. Everyone’s recycling and wanting to learn. It’s the best atmosphere in the morning”. And Marla? Marla’s been doing this since the beginning and I can’t tell you how many folks she has trained for the job and ALWAYS with a smile (rain or shine). And our newest member to the kiosk crew, Andrew. After diving right into it every week, Andrew claims, “this is just a really chill way to start my Saturday off and a really good way to honor the universe”. We think so too! And we certainly couldn’t do this without you guys!
And we must mention a couple of folks that as soon as they have the time, their first stop: kiosks. Annie, Chris, Juliet (and so many more!)- you all help the kiosks go ‘round. Annie tells her fellow volunteers that being “zero-waste conscious” spreads to the rest of our lives and “makes us all conscientious of our trash and where it goes”.
Hey, we all have trash. It’s learning what to do with it that we’re working on. And without the help of these dedicated volunteers, that 8,664 gallons of compost would be sitting in the landfill. So next time you’re shopping, stop and chat with your kiosk volunteers. Learn a little something about our waste and thank them for doing all this work!
- Rebecca Saltsman, Volunteer Coordinator and Development Associate
Andrew Liguori & Chris Grivas teach the children well
