Comments on: The Burner’s Guide to Leaving No Trace: Junk and Your Trunk http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/environment/the-burners-guide-to-leaving-no-trace-junk-and-your-trunk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-burners-guide-to-leaving-no-trace-junk-and-your-trunk Fri, 24 May 2013 07:14:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Steve Le Cam http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/environment/the-burners-guide-to-leaving-no-trace-junk-and-your-trunk/comment-page-1/#comment-43874 Steve Le Cam Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:22:43 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19094#comment-43874 If you must put your trash bags on the roof or on a open trailer. Please double or better triple bag it. The sun makes the black plastis soft. When you accelerate to 40 mph as you hit the asphalt the single layer bag will fail! Plan ahead bring hard containers or lots of bags to tripple pack your trash. Getting real excited Steve-o-reno

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]]> By: Mobius http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/environment/the-burners-guide-to-leaving-no-trace-junk-and-your-trunk/comment-page-1/#comment-43553 Mobius Thu, 12 Jul 2012 02:25:50 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19094#comment-43553 MOOP’ing maters, hell it’s one of the principles of the Burn. So for you virgins think about every piece of moop that’s in your fingers and don’t let it drop to the playa. If you want to learn some cool things about greening your camp and getting an awesome moop bag for your troubles go to EARTH GUARDIAN camp.

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]]> By: Kimbucha http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/environment/the-burners-guide-to-leaving-no-trace-junk-and-your-trunk/comment-page-1/#comment-43537 Kimbucha Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:13:55 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19094#comment-43537 Like the tie-down camp idea. Tie down straps would be great for gifting. I want to donate tie downs!

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]]> By: JOYFUL (JOY BROWN) http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/environment/the-burners-guide-to-leaving-no-trace-junk-and-your-trunk/comment-page-1/#comment-43535 JOYFUL (JOY BROWN) Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:44:54 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19094#comment-43535 I too was ashamed of our fellow burners who littered the highway leaving BRC last year. This year, my most important volunteer activity will be to stop and pick up trash; hopefully some others will feel moved to join me. I plan to leave Tuesday post burn. I also carry a bag with me to pick up moop as I journey around the playa, especially picking up the TP strewn around the porta-potties. It all feels good!

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]]> By: Reddclover http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/environment/the-burners-guide-to-leaving-no-trace-junk-and-your-trunk/comment-page-1/#comment-43515 Reddclover Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:52:21 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19094#comment-43515 WE track the playa w/ our pickupsticks and our big basket on the front of our cart. And fill it several times during the event! IT’s SO very SAD :( to see fellow Burners being so careless with their trash. Just goes to show the masses are asses!

Then again there are the WONDERFUL few who have caught on to our GIG and have helped us pick up the trash. Perhaps you have been awarded one of our MOOP MASTER Metals in the past years?

WE bring our fugly horse-trailer to carry the trash back out to the real world. (Totally contains the junk so NO fly aways!) I always thought a Great Gift would be to trailer a half dozen trash compactors on generators, roam the streets offering service.

But Playa Newbies and Forgetters’ alike, Please Please remember: MOOP is #2 of Importance, #1 is WATER. Unless you bring your MAMA to clean up after you, YOU are responsible for your own messes! Please be considerate! I would rather be Dancin than pickin up your trash, but I just can’t leave it if I see it!!

Bring LESS, you WILL appreciate LESS Hassle having to fumble through your stuff to get what you need. NOR will you have to worry about losing stuff on your way back to reality!

BTW, look for us on the playa, just beyond the Esplanade and Center Camp, we will have our shop SNAZZY, come pick out your Scarf for style and protection!
OR Find us on the Playa with our RED cart and pickupsticks, Help us Keep the Playa Beautiful!!!

Love to all you Playa Siblings!
Reddclover

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]]> By: Robn http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/environment/the-burners-guide-to-leaving-no-trace-junk-and-your-trunk/comment-page-1/#comment-43482 Robn Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:28:24 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19094#comment-43482 I seriously want to start a “tie-down” camp somewhere around “L” on the road to “exodus”. Last year I did the 7 hr exodus (and had a wonderful time, by the way), every other year I left on Tuesday. But after gifting one too many jumps, Ze’Bra, my truck, experienced some brain cell damage. (the mechanic said it was actually had more to do with exodus road bounce and fine dusty stuff). Nevertheless, I got to spend one more night on the playa about a quarter mile from the road – beautiful. Thanks to Ze’bra’s hangover, I got to watch thousands “pulse” by me. AND OH MY GOD. I really don’t think Ze’Bra was the only one with a hangover. One of the craziest things I saw pass by was a van with a bicycle trailer attached to the back. I wondered if it even made it to the road. Bicycle trailers are meant to be towed behind BICYCLES. Besides the fact that this trailer loaded with who knows what was destined to litter the highway, it also could be the thing that crashes through the window of the vehicle behind it when it inevitably detaches from it’s host.

Spending another night in Gerlach to get my truck fixed (not as pleasant as my star filled night on the playa), I spoke to some of the residents there. One woman who had lived in Gerlach for 50 plus years with whom I sat at the bar said she loved the burning man people and had even been out there as part of the local’s tour thing once. She said what she couldn’t understand is how people make such an issue of “leaving no trace” and then leave a big trace in their little town. I saw all this as we all do. Trash cans in Gerlach overflowing with “our” shit. The road littered with mattresses, bags of trash that have spilled open and emptying their guts all over the place. Sparkle Pony sparkle shit and other glittery goo. It’s disgraceful.

So, I put this out there. I’ve camped for awhile with Lamplighters, and I camped on my own last year while painting a mural at Center Camp, but if I do get to go to burning man this year (currently don’t have a ticket) I want to create this camp. Now some of you, I’m sure are going to tell me there already is a camp like that out there. So what. We need more of them. Maybe do a bondage tie-down theme. Hope to see ya on the playa.

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]]> By: Thermal http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/environment/the-burners-guide-to-leaving-no-trace-junk-and-your-trunk/comment-page-1/#comment-43419 Thermal Sun, 08 Jul 2012 02:38:17 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19094#comment-43419 dustyrusty:
you can’t just put anything and everything in a burn barrel. Plastics and other things burn toxic smoke (or don’t really burn) and that toxic cloud makes it hell for the people camping near the barrel. I’ve experienced that, it sux to have to breathe in that s**t.

everyone: learn about burn barrels and at least do the obvious: don’t burn plastic and other toxic crap. Lots of things emit carcinogens when burned. Dont piss off your neighbors.

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]]> By: The Hun http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/environment/the-burners-guide-to-leaving-no-trace-junk-and-your-trunk/comment-page-1/#comment-43394 The Hun Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:26:58 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19094#comment-43394 DustyRusty, ryder 6, Mr. Chiff — you are all absolutely correct! Spread the word to any newbies you meet, please!

T Keru, sadly I think tika was joking. ;)

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]]> By: Mr. Chiff http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/environment/the-burners-guide-to-leaving-no-trace-junk-and-your-trunk/comment-page-1/#comment-43391 Mr. Chiff Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:44:21 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19094#comment-43391 Shit expands in the desert – plan on it so that when it comes time to pack up, you have space.

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]]> By: T Keru http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/environment/the-burners-guide-to-leaving-no-trace-junk-and-your-trunk/comment-page-1/#comment-43366 T Keru Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:42:46 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19094#comment-43366 psst…hey tika I’ll trade you a tan utilikilt sz 34 (approx) for that ticket…unless you is just trolling heheh ;-)

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