Zero-Waste Events

Sustainable Williston with Williston Fire Department at Pancake Breakfast

Sustainable Williston volunteers and Williston Fire Department staff pose after the March 2018 Pancake Breakfast fundraiser.

Big parties are great, but a big event can mean big waste! Sustainable Williston is working to make as many events in our community Zero-Waste event as possible.

What’s a Zero-Waste event?

A “zero-waste event” is one where all possible waste is reduced or re-directed to recycling or compost waste streams. This means using reusable materials where possible (signage, cutlery, etc.), then making sure disposables are recyclable or compostable (table settings, containers, etc.). The goal is to have the smallest trash volume at the end of the event. It’s hard work, but it’s fun too!

What Williston events are zero-waste?

So far Sustainable Williston has teamed up with local event sponsors to make the following annual events waste-free:

  • July 3rd Ice Cream Social
  • Fire Department Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser (March)

Make your event Zero-Waste!

If you have an upcoming event, contact us to discuss waste-reduction strategies and possible partnership.

For more information contact us at admin@sustainablewilliston.org

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Come join us as we celebrate the huge progress Williston has made conserving open space and natural resources since the ERF was created in 1989 with door prizes, maps, lively discussion, and CAKE!


– Come learn more about past, present, and future conservation initiatives with contributing experts including Trust for Public Land, Vermont Land Trust, VT Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Vermont Master Naturalist Laura Meyer, Williston Planning Dept, and Williston Conservation Commission.
– Come get involved in planning the future of conservation in Williston; setting our town’s conservation goals in the next Town Plan (currently being drafted), identifying reliable funding sources, and improving public outreach.
– Doors open at 6:45 on Thursday, December 7 for mingling and light refreshments, formal presentation will start at 7pm, and there will be a chance to mingle with guest experts after the presentation.
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