For the second year, our KC Parks Ambassadors volunteer team partnered to bring composting to the Ethnic Enrichment Festival. This year, they added mixed-recycling and zero waste stations. Because of these efforts, the Ethnic Enrichment Commission has a goal of becoming a zero waste festival in the future! Here are the amazing number from the 2024 event:

• Diverted 7,300 lbs (3.65 tons) of food waste away from the landfill
• Diverted 4,600 lbs (2.3 tons) of mixed recyclables away from the landfill
• Diverted 900 lbs of glass away from the landfill
• Distributed 100 composting buckets to the community
• Educated thousands of people about composting and recycling
• Helped set a new standard for future festival waste diversion
• Invested 303 volunteer hours of time to improve the community