YOU
YOU CAN
YOU CAN CHECK OUT BANFIELD. ST. PATRICK'S DAY IS ALL ABOUT GOING GREEN EVERYTHING FROM
CLOTHES TO BEER AND GREEN HAIR
TOO.
BUT IF YOU WANT A TRULY GREEN
ST. PATTY'S DAY, WHY NOT KICK
IT UP A NOTCH WITH AN ELEMENT
OF SUSTAINABILITY?
SUSTAINABLE EXPERT LAUREN OLSEN
HAS A LIST OF WAYS TO CELEBRATE
WITHOUT THE WAIST HIGH LAUREN.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
GREEN IDEAS YOU WANT TO SHARE
WITH OUR AUDIENCE?
WELL, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS YOU
CAN ALWAYS DO IS CUT FOOD WASTE
OUT OF THE LANDFILL.
SO ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO IN
TERMS OF STARTING YOUR OWN
COMPOST PILE OR JUST BUYING
LESS FOOD SO IT DOESN'T GO BAD
AS OFTEN OR IF HAVING A
CELEBRATION JUST CUTTING BACK
ON THE AMOUNT OF FOOD THAT
YOU'RE BUYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU'RE USING IT ALL EFFECTIVELY
EVERY TIME THAT YOU PUT FOOD
WASTE INTO THE LANDFILL CREATES
METHANE AND METHANE IS A VERY
POWERFUL GREENHOUSE GAS.
NOW IF SOMEONE WANTS TO START
PRACTICING THIS ACTIVELY, DO
YOU HAVE ANY TIPS ON HOW TO
PLAN A ZERO WASTE MENU?
>> YEAH.
SO SOME THINGS YOU CAN DO JUST
THERE'S A BUNCH OF TIPS ONLINE
ABOUT MEAL PLANNING AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
BUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
TO DO IS ALSO JUST HAVE, YOU
KNOW, ROADSIGNS OR SOME OTHER
TYPE OF COMPOSTING BOWLS NEARBY
AND THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST
GIVE YOUR YOUR LEFTOVERS AWAY
TO ALL OF YOUR GAS.
SO TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW,
EVERYTHING IS USED EFFECTIVELY
AND IT'S NOT GOING INTO THE
LANDFILL.
>> AND WHEN IT COMES TO ST.
PATRICK'S DAY, GIVE ANY IDEAS
FOR CELEBRATING THAT SAFELY AND
SUSTAINABLY.
>> YEAH, WELL I MEAN OF COURSE
FOLLOW CDC GUIDELINES SO
WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO BE SAFE,
STAYING OUTSIDE, WEARING MASKS,
ET CETERA.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE
POSSIBLES ARE GREAT BECAUSE
THERE'S LESS CLEAN UP.
YOU CAN PUT EVERYTHING IN
COMPOSTABLE BAG AFTERWORDS. YOU CAN ALSO SEPARATE OUT YOUR DIFFERENT LIKE SNACKS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHEN I HAD A PICNIC RECENTLY WE
JUST PUT OUR DIFFERENT SNACKS
IN A COP AND THAT WAS THE
TRIBUTE FOOD TO GAS WITHOUT
HAVING THEM CONGREGATE
SOMEWHERE.
AND YOU ARE A SUSTAINABLE
EXPERT WITH OUR SUSTAINABILITY
EXPERT WITH WORLD CENTRIC.
SO TELL ME WHAT WORLD CENTRIC
PROVIDES.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO THERE?
>> YEAH.
WE MAKE ALL OF OUR TAKEOUT AND
FOOD SERVICE WEAR OUT OF PLANTS
AND EVERYTHING IS CERTIFIED TO
BE COMPLETELY COMPOSTABLE IN A
COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING FACILITY
AS WELL AS WE HAVE SOME
PRODUCTS THAT YOU CAN COMPOST
IN YOUR BACKYARD.
SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO UTILIZE
DISPOSABLE EYES AND FEEL A
LITTLE LESS GUILTY ABOUT IT.
>> I KNOW IN THE PANDEMIC AS A
LOT OF US HAVE TRIED TO SUPPORT
OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, WE DO A
LOT TO TAKE OUT.
SO IT'S A LOT MORE OF THESE TO
GO CONTAINERS AND I I ALWAYS
FEEL LIKE GOSH IS THIS ONE
RECYCLABLES IS COMPOSTABLE.
ANY MORE ADVICE ON HOW TO BE
MORE CONSCIOUS ABOUT THAT?
AND WHAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO
START IF YOU'RE REALLY TRYING
TO LIVE A MORE SUSTAINABLY
SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE?
>> YEAH, ONE THING THAT YOU CAN
DO IS WHEN YOU CALL IN YOUR
TAKEOUT ORDER IS JUST MAKE SURE
THAT THERE'S NO NAPKINS OR NO
CUTLERY THAT THEY'RE GIVING YOU
BECAUSE MOST LIKELY YOU'RE
EATING AT HOME.
SO YOU DON'T NEED THOSE SORT
OF THINGS.
YOU KNOW, REUSABLE IS ALWAYS
FAST BUT DO REWARD THE
RESTAURANTS THAT ARE USING
COMPOSTABLE IS BECAUSE THEY'RE
TAKING THAT EXTRA EFFORT TO
REALLY GREEN THEIR TAKE OUT
WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT.
JUST WITH EVERYONE UTILIZING
TAKEOUT AT THIS TIME AND AS WE
SHOULD BECAUSE YOU REALLY DO
NEED TO SPEED OR SUPPORT
PARTICULARLY OUR INDEPENDENT
RESTAURANTS.
RESTAURANTS WHO ARE REALLY
FEELING THE FULL EFFECTS OF THE
PANDEMIC RIGHT NOW.
>> AND LORD, I KNOW IT KIND
OF DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU GREW UP
AND WHERE YOU LIVE.
YOU KNOW, SOME COMMUNITIES ARE
A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT
SUSTAINABILITY TREND THAN
OTHERS.
SO WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE
WHO THINK, OH, IT'S TOO HARD TO
START LIVING THAT WAY?
YOU KNOW, JUST TAKE A SMALL
STEP AND YOU KNOW, GO FROM
THERE.
>> SO IT MIGHT BE FOR EXAMPLE,
NOT BUYING INDIVIDUALLY
PACKAGED LIKE SNACKS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT LIKE MAYBE JUST
BUYING BALL, PUTTING IT INTO
SMALLER CONTAINERS.
IT MIGHT BE REUSING TOWELS AT
HOME THAT YOU WASHING INSTEAD
USING PAPER TOWEL.
JUST PICK ONE THING AND START
WITH IT AND JUST SEE HOW IT
GOES AND REALLY EXPAND FROM
THERE.
>> VERY GOOD.
GREAT TIPS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US.
HAVE A HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY
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