Submit your waste reduction and recycling plan to Zero Waste

Event organizers or greeners must submit this online form or must email the submission for approval to ZWEvents@berkeleyca.gov, or your permit application will be denied. Please refer to our Zero Waste Events Checklist for additional information.

General Information - Please provide some basic information about your event

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* 1. Please provide contact information for your event organizer

Name

Company

ZIP/Postal Code

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. Name of your upcoming event

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* 3. Date of your upcoming event

Start Date / Time

Date

Time

AM/PM

End Date / Time

Date

Time

AM/PM

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* 4. What is the location of your upcoming event?

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* 5. Have you organized events in Berkeley in the past? If so, please provide name and date

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* 6. Estimated number of event attendees

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* 7. Is your event charging an entrance fee?

Yes

Event greening service information - if you are utilizing an event greener, please fill out the below questions

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* 8. Please provide the contact information for your event greener

Name

Company

Address

Address 2

City/Town

Email Address

Phone Number

Waste Reduction and Recycling Information

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* 9. Number of staff or volunteers that will be assisting with waste reduction and recycling (education and outreach, bin monitoring, etc)

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* 10. What sort of materials will the event generate? (Cardboard, bottles, cans, foodware, food waste etc)

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* 11. How much of these materials do you estimate your event will generate?

Please tell us about your plans to dispose of your event's waste by answering the following questions - please note any City of Berkeley public waste cans must be covered during the event, and materials must be disposed of in provided bins.

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* 12. Have you scheduled a short-term dumpster rental?

Yes

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* 13. If you answered no, do you need assistance scheduling a short term dumpster rental?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 14. If you are not utilizing a short term dumpster rental, how are you planning on disposing of the waste generated by the event?

We will be delivering the material to the Berkeley Transfer Station (self-haul)

We will be disposing of it through the existing service at a nearby business or home

Other (please specify)

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* 15. Will you need to reserve Clearstreams (lightweight collapsable bins) for your event?

Yes

Other (please specify)

If you answered Yes, please fill out this form and submit to ZWEvents@berkeleyca.gov

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* 16. Please describe your pre-event efforts to minimize waste at your upcoming event (e.g. rented water refill stations, worked with vendors to eliminate single-use disposable foodware and plastic bags implemented reusable transport packaging etc)

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* 17. Do your non-foodware (e.g. banners, giveaway items) contain recycled content?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 18. Going forward, would you consider purchasing products with recycled content and reuse in mind?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 19. Please describe how you plan to reduce contamination and maximize recycling and composting at your event (e.g use monitors at waste stations to educate attendees, using event greeners, utilizing vendor contracts to mandate reusable or compostable food ware, vendor training and oversight, public announcements on proper sorting requirements, food donation etc)

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* 20. Please describe how you will promote reuse at your event (e.g offering promotional reusable cups, utilizing water refill stations, promoting attendees to bring their own bags)

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* 21. Please indicate efforts made to advertise BYOC (bring your own cup) and/or reusable drinkware to attendees (e.g., social media, flyers, Eventbrite)

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* 22. Describe how you plan to confirm proper disposal of materials, collect your data and report your recycling results

Event Recycling Map

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* 23. Please provide a map of the event space, and clearly indicate placement of recycling, compost and garbage containers for use by the public and vendors, if you are utilizing the short term dumpster rental, please indicate where these dumpsters will be located. If applicable, show placement of vendors especially indicating where food will be prepared and served. Your plan is not complete without this map. An example can be found below.

PDF, DOC, DOCX, PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF file types only.

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Thank you for submitting your answers, if you have any additional questions, please reach out to ZWEvents@berkeleyca.gov