Highlights from progress on the Sustainability Plan:
Since the Sustainability Plan was adopted in 2020, the City has made great strides in implementing the strategies and achieving targets. Learn more about our progress and read the Sustainability Plan Report (2023)
Westy Fest: Zero Waste Impact Report with r.Cup:
This year's Westy Fest featured r.cup, a reusable beverage container that allowed attendees to enjoy local craft brewers in a zero-waste manner.
- ~4,000 single-use cups eliminated
- 54lbs of waste diverted
- 102 lbs of CO2 eliminated
- !,230 gallons of water saved
- 300 KWh of energy saved
Learn more about r.cup here
In addition, through a partnership with Scraps Compost, we achieved an ~85% waste diversion rate. Broken down, this looked like:
- 820 lbs of compost
- 340 lbs of recycling
- 32 lbs of candy wrappers to be terracycled
- 210 lbs of trash
Congratulations to Growing Home--2023 SAGE Sustainable Business of the Year!
The 2023 Sustainable Business of the Year Award was awarded to Growing Home. Growing Home, in partnership with the community, advances equity in food, housing, parenting education, and lifelong stability to create lasting change for the future. They also envision a thriving, healthy, and equitable community for all.
So why was Growing Home chosen as the SAGE Sustainable Business of the Year? They stood out among SAGE businesses in the following ways:
- They’ve improved their daily operations by starting a compost service and have upgraded to high efficiency appliances
- They’re encouraging food security and local agriculture through the maintenance of a community garden
- They’re partnering with the City on a pilot program to provide air purifiers to residents in an effort to address air quality and respiratory health concerns
- And they are a two-time SAGE Accelerator Grant recipient
Learn more about Growing Home