ColdTowne Theater
Recycling Needed at Hot Sauce Festival
RECEIVED Tue., Aug. 28, 2012
Dear Austin Chronicle,
My husband and I are both big fans of your paper and the events you sponsor. This weekend, we made it to the Hot Sauce Fest in time to see Shinyribs perform (awesome), have a couple of Sweet Leaf Teas, and get a little heartburn from all the great salsas there. The festival was great and the shuttle was prompt and handy. But (come on, you knew there was a "but"), we were very disappointed in the lack of recycling bins. We walked the whole place and never saw one. Meanwhile, the trash was full of plastic bottles, cups, and aluminum cans. Austin is better than that! You are better than that, Chronicle! There is really no reason why any festival in Austin should not have recycling (or, if there is a reason, please tell us).
More and more restaurants and coffee shops are recycling and breaking their waste bins into compost/etc., including Strange Brew – my new favorite writing spot. That's what I like to see. We carried our tea cans and water bottles home with us to recycle, but asking everyone to do that is a bit much. I hope future Hot Sauce Festivals and festivals of all kinds will be more environmentally conscious.
Have a great day and help save the earth.
My husband and I are both big fans of your paper and the events you sponsor. This weekend, we made it to the Hot Sauce Fest in time to see Shinyribs perform (awesome), have a couple of Sweet Leaf Teas, and get a little heartburn from all the great salsas there. The festival was great and the shuttle was prompt and handy. But (come on, you knew there was a "but"), we were very disappointed in the lack of recycling bins. We walked the whole place and never saw one. Meanwhile, the trash was full of plastic bottles, cups, and aluminum cans. Austin is better than that! You are better than that, Chronicle! There is really no reason why any festival in Austin should not have recycling (or, if there is a reason, please tell us).
More and more restaurants and coffee shops are recycling and breaking their waste bins into compost/etc., including Strange Brew – my new favorite writing spot. That's what I like to see. We carried our tea cans and water bottles home with us to recycle, but asking everyone to do that is a bit much. I hope future Hot Sauce Festivals and festivals of all kinds will be more environmentally conscious.
Have a great day and help save the earth.
Carie and Mark Juettner
[Editor's note: Don Grant from Regeneration Cleaning, the company we hire to take care of cleanup/recycling at the festival, apologized if the cans were not properly signed for recycling, but assured us that all trash and recycling bags are broken down at the Dumpster and recyclable materials are separated from trash at that point – mainly because people often throw trash in the recycling bins and vice-versa.]
