The majority of our campmates are experienced Burners who have done the cleanup-as-you-go, leave-no-trace drill for many years (in fact, one of us contributed the bulk of the content for the Church of Mez's original cleanup guide). We have several new Burners in our camp, all of whom are responsible individuals, and they will be thoroughly indoctrinated.
This cleanup plan is a living document on our internal camp planning file repository; its primary purpose is to act as a reminder for the things we would naturally do anyway. If we have left something out, it is probably because we wouldn't think not to do it. We'd be happy to add anything specific you think we should note. The current draft follows.
Add items, descriptions or sign up for:
Packing out Recycling
Esteban is leaving early (Sat) and is willing to haul some.
Packing out Trash
Esteban is leaving early and is willing to haul some.
Ash disposal
Grey Water disposal
Black Water disposal
Museum Takedown
Jane will sign up for this if someone more knowledgeable leads the structure teardown.
iCasa Takedown
Mooping our area
We all love mooping.
Other Mooping
Esteban is leaving early and is willing to do some during week cleaning.
Kinds of Trash
- recyclable in BRC (if anyone's passionate about redirecting stuff to BM causes, they can head this up. Otherwise we'll recycle all offsite.)
- aluminum cans
- intact wood
- recyclable offsite
- tin cans
- plastics
- batteries
- glass (ideally no glass)
- paper, cardboard, if anyone cares to pack it out
- compostable food scraps
- burnable
- printed museum content, paper, cardboard, food scraps, wood
- trash
- non-recyclable plastic, et cetera
- grey water
- shower (if we have one)
- kitchen
- ashes
- carbon emissions
Supplies
- trash sorter (in kitchen) Jane
- 30x big plastic trash bags with drawstrings Jane, Brenda
- 10x paper bags for burnables Jane
- 1 mesh bag for compost dehydration Jane
- squirt bottle Jane
- vinegar Brenda
- labels or paper & tape Jane
- sharpie(s) Jane
- biodegradable soap for the maybe-shower Jane
- 2x rolls of paper towels (Brenda are last year's leftovers still around? J.)
- Bungie cord for affixing paper towels to kitchen Brenda
- 1x 5 gallon bucket with lid for absolutely unavoidable kitchen grey water Brenda
- 2x big metal cans for hot ashes Brenda
- small shovel Brenda
- heavy leather gloves for handling hot metal cans Brenda
- lighter leather gloves for construction & cleanup (many pairs) Jane has 1 pair
- crowbar for pulling up rebar
- tarps & cargo straps in case our trash is too big or stinky to keep inside returning vehicles Brenda
- all large structures & art to be packed out for reuse next year
- big magnet
Timeline
- every day
- afternoon: sweep of camp & museum, decant dehydrated compost & garbage from mesh to storage bags under vehicles
- Sunday
- afternoon: 2 hours deep playa cleanup (as a camp)
- night: final addition of burnables to a community burn pile
- Monday
- morning: take down maps
- morning: fill metal cans with hot ashes
- afternoon: final sweep of camp (Tamara)
- possible afternoon: unload recyclables at New Reno Drop-off sites taking plastics (HDPE 1,2,4,&5), plastic bags, glass, all metals (aluminum, tin, steel, iron, etc.), paper, cardboard, rechargeable batteries, leftover bikes.
- night: unload trash & recycling at home
- night: dump grey water at home
- Wednesday
- night: unload now-cool ashes at home
Carbon Footprint
CoolingMan calculator (A rough calculation, estimating camp vehicles, totalled just under 2 tons, produced by travel. 0.22 tons/person.)
DIY Offsets
Anyone interested in purchasing offsets, via coolingman or elsewhere? If so, tell Jane. Cost starts at US$10/ton, depends on project chosen.
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