Events
STARTING POINT
1. Ask your caterers
to green your events
- Use the Green Catering Checklist (pdf) for ideas about food, set-up, and service-ware.
STEP IT UP
2. When ordering food ask for
- Organic, shade grown, fair trade coffee and teas.
- Local, ecologically grown produce
Pocket Guide Local Produce in Mass (pdf)
List of Farmers' Markets in the Boston Area
- Sustainably harvested seafood
Pocket Guide to Sustainable Seafood (pdf) - Serve filtered water from a tap in pitchers and avoid ice.
- Bring condiments in multiple use containers; not individual packets.
3. When choosing dishes and service-ware
- Use re-usable, washable dishes, or
- Use disposables made from
- renewable materials such as corn-based plastic, or
- paper plates and napkins made from recycled paper
Recycline Reusable Dishware
Biodegradable dishware
Greenwave Compostable Dishware
Fabrikal Greenware Corn Plastic Cups
Eco-Tainer Coffee Cups
Dine Green
4. Go as paperless as possible at events
- Ask your speakers if you can have a copy of their presentation and request that he/she does not bring printed copies.
- Post agenda on large signs instead of hand-outs.
- Communicate with attendees via email instead of printed materials.
5. Make sure there are recycling bins set up for the event for cans & bottles and paper.
- Talk to the building manager or event coordinator to make sure recycling is available.
6. Provide information for your guests about the environmentally practices at your event
7. Collect name tag holders to re-use at other events
8. Look for green certified hotels, when possible
- Visit Boston Green Tourism for a list of green hotels.