ZERO WASTE FESTIVAL

The South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center is striving to make the Rougarou Fest a Zero Waste Event.  A zero waste event follows sustainable practices to send the least possible amount of waste to landfills.  The key to a zero waste event is careful planning so that all materials used and disposed of are reusable, recyclable, or compostable.  The Rougarou Fest will set up Zero-Waste Stations for those recyclable and compostable materials such as bowls, cups, food scraps, and plastic bottles.

Festival organizers will purchase products that are either compostable or recyclable in order to reduce the amount of waste that stays in landfills.  They will also work to begin educating festivalgoers on how to dispose of their trash at the event.

The festival will set up stations for those recyclable and compostable materials.

Compostable items at the festival will include:
Food waste
compostable plates
compostable utensils
compostable cups
paper towels
paper napkins

Items to be recycled include:
Plastic bottles
Aluminum cans
Non-food contaminated paper and cardboard

Items to be thrown in the trash include:
Styrofoam bowls
Plastic spoons
Plastic cups
Plastic bags
Diapers

In addition to reducing the amount of trash produced by the event, we are proud to offer a Recycling Center where you can use the bottles and cans collected at the festival to buy stuff! Just bring your bottles or cans to the Rougarou Recycling Center to collect tickets and redeem prizes.