Got some word back on how things went with the recycling program at Albertsons in Reno from Nathan Heller, who helped make this whole deal happen.

Some numbers of total volume of recyclables from all stores:

Aluminum and tin — 600 lbs

Plastics — 48 watermelon bins full

Glass — 14 watermelon bins

Cardboard — 35 pallets (much of which was taken from burners as they were shopping to go to BRC)

Bicycles — two dozen, 8 of which were reusable, rest went for parts…

Paper — 4 pallets

Wow–great start! We’ve heard that at least 6 of the 7 stores that participated will be doing the same again next year, which means ya’ll did a great job of keeping the trash out and the recycling well organized–thank you to everyone who participated!

And we’ve also heard that the sourcing of greener materials @ the stores was a success as well, also welcome news.

So, the news keeps dribbling in, and it continues to be good!

More analysis trickling in on just how green the burn was:

From CNet: a downright thorough analysis of how green the Green Man *really* was.

http://tinyurl.com/4xkxrh

Congratulations to Peef for this great project, shot from the top of the Black Rock Solar array Powertainer. Direct link to this and satellite image of the playa available here.

–the donation pile by the 9:00 collection station on Wednesday

Remember the wood recycling that went on after the event? Here’s a news story about it, detailing how more that 56 units of lumber, requiring five flatbeds, were donated from BRC to Habitat For Humanity in Reno, again the largest donation they’ve ever received.

Nice work, and thanks to everyone who donated time, energy and materials!

We’re mostly all back, mostly all cleaned up, time for some reports back on how we did with this whole green thing.

Couple stats right off the back: the wood recycling set a new record: 56 units of lumber loaded down 4 flatbeds, all donated to Habitat For Humanity in Reno.

Also, the composting project with the City of San Francisco loaning out their curbside green bins was a huge hit–we loaded out an entire 30 yard dumpster of gooey wet green waste, and sent it off to Full Circle Compost down in Minden.

But what I’m most curious about was your experience, your efforts, what you encountered/saw/felt/did. Drop a line, let’s hear how the green man worked out for you: environment [Email address: environment #AT# burningman.com - replace #AT# with @ ].

Thanks, look forward to hearing from you soon.

-Tom Price

Environmental Manager, Burning Man 2007