LEAVE NO TRACE
The Minimal Impact Green Team at Renewal rewards the sustainable, active, and respectful Renewal community with exclusive prizes & incentives!
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Sustainability has been a passion and a main focus at Renewal for the last four years, with Minimal Impact at the leading edge as our staple green team. Read on to discover NEW sustainability initiatives for Billy Strings’ Renewal 2024 below and how you can participate.
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Camp Waste Drop Zones | Prize Project | Recycling & Composting 101 | Sustainability Policies | Pack List | About Minimal Impact
Camp waste & donation drop zones
What:
Drop off clean recycling, compost, trash, and donations such as tents, sleeping bags, coolers, clothes, etc.
WHere:
Camp Waste Drop Zones, designated throughout the campgrounds:
- Main Gate
- Sturgeon Moon
- Harvest Moon
Head to Minimal Impact’s Green Team Booth located at Center Camp for more information or questions.
HOW:
Bring any of the following items to your closest Camp Waste Drop Zone throughout the weekend to be sorted by the Minimal Impact team and their volunteers (feel free to help!):
- Clean mixed recycling to be sorted: aluminum cans, paper, cardboard, glass, plastics #1-7
- Compost to be sorted
- Trash to be tossed into the large landfill roll-off bin
- Gently used outdoor camping gear, clothing, and unopened, non-perishable foods to be donated
MORE INFO:
Minimal Impact is excited to launch a brand new initiative in 2024, The Camp Gear Donation Program!
At the end of your time at Renewal 2024 (or throughout the weekend), bring lightly used camp gear, clothing, and nonperishable food items to a Camp Waste Drop Zone Location where the Green Team will collect for donation. See Drop Zones represented with the ♻️ icon in the map below.
Gear donations – All acceptable gear will be donated back into the local community and unsheltered people in need through Chaffee County Community Foundation.
Non-perishable food – All donations will be collected and delivered to the Arkansas Valley Christian Mission.
Thank you for helping us give a second life to items that would otherwise be tossed in the landfill!
Prize project
What:
Join Minimal Impact’s Green Team in reducing waste at Renewal by participating in various sustainable practices to earn tokens, each token entering you into a drawing for swag and prizes.
how:
Earn tokens by participating in sustainable practices throughout the weekend. Each token equals one entry into a drawing for Billy Strings & Bonfire Entertainment merch & other swag!
Ways to participate:
- Post-show cleanup: Fans can trade a full bag of trash for two tokens from the Minimal Impact Green Team. Turn your bags into Green Team members on duty anywhere in the venue, who will trade your bag for tokens!
- Use your own plates and utensils at any food vendor in exchange for tokens.
- Bonus Action: Use a reusable cup at the bar within the main music venue. If the Green Team sees you using your reusable cup, they will reward your good actions with a token!
enter the Prize drawing:
Turn in your tokens to the Minimal Impact booth in Center Camp (or at any of the Camp Waste Drop Zone locations) to enter into the drawing.
One token = one entry.
The Minimal Impact team will draw and contact winners throughout the weekend. Check their booth at Center Camp for drawing times and how to collect prizes.
Enter to win prizes like Billy Strings merch, event swag, and more!
Renewal recyling & composting 101
WHAT:
Here is a guide on how to properly recycle and compost at Renewal, including items traditionally hard to recycle below:
- Mixed recycling
- Compost
- Snack wrappers
- Cigarette butts
- Batteries
WHY:
Contaminated recycling and compost can lead to the whole load heading off to the landfill. Clean recycling and compost results in a better product down the line!
WHERE:
- Bring your mixed recycling and compost to any of the Camp Waste Drop Zones
- Look for our snack wrapper recycling box at the Center Camp dining tent
- Look for proper cigarette disposals within the venue in the smoking section
- Bring batteries to any of our Camp Waste Drop Zones and look for the “Battery Box”
Renewal SUSTAINABILITY POLICIES
LEAVE NO TRACE
- Pack durable camping goods (don’t forget rechargeable batteries!)
- Set up your gear properly (Colorado weather can shift in an instant – be prepared!)
- Do not leave broken gear in the field
- Pack in and out ALL gear
- Borrow, trade, innovate – use what you already have!
- Bring your own reusable kitchen items (utensils, cup, mug, water bottle, plates, bowls, etc.) to use at food trucks. for use at catering and food trucks
- Choose biodegradable dish soap, hand soap, body wash, toothpaste, shampoo and conditioner (Dr. Bronners, Sea to Summit & Toms or David’s are great options)
- Practice respectful river & creek etiquette: nothing should go in the water except your body!
- Avoid styrofoam, glitter, single-use plastic bottles, glow sticks, or vinyl plastic inflatables
- Sort your waste properly
- Dump ALL liquids and ice in designated buckets
- BREAK DOWN ALL CARDBOARD (Seriously, even flats!)
Reduce your carbon footprint
- Communicate with one another and carpool to the site (receive carpooling benefits of 2 campsites for 5 or more in a car!)
- Use the Renewal Shuttle
- Bike or walk whenever possible
Renewal PACK LIST
PACK IT
- Reusable water bottle & coffee mug
- Refillable 5 Gallon water container
- Reusable kitchen items
- Reusable napkins and utensils
- Biodegradable hygiene products (hand soap, body wash, toothpaste, etc.)
- Biodegradable/river safe dish soap
- Rechargeable batteries
- Repair kit (tear-aid kit)
- Bags for collecting compost, recycling, and trash
- Rain gear & layers (avoid cotton!)
LEAVE IT (at home)
- Glitter/Confetti (unless biodegradable)
- Glow sticks
- Styrofoam (coolers, cups)
- Non-durable camping gear
- Plastic/solo cups
- Plastic wrap
- Plastic inflatables
- Any single use plastics
ABOUT Minimal impact
Minimal Impact is our proud sustainability partner on all Bonfire Entertainment events. They are a female founded company that aims to empower people to alleviate their burden on the environment and to reduce dependence on fossil fuel derived plastic by providing refillable, toxin free products, minimal waste event services, and education to sustain a Minimal Impact lifestyle.
