Resonance is a three day, two night outdoor camping event, so you are bound to create some garbage. There will be no public garbage containers or dumpsters provided. You must bring trash bags and recycling bags for yourself or your group, and then take ALL of your trash with you when you leave.

As an attendee, YOU are responsible for ensuring that Resonance Leaves No Trace. Please chip in on the community work by picking up any trash that you encounter during the event regardless of whether it came from you. Also, spend an hour or two after you tear down your camp to comb your camp location and the surrounding common areas for tiny bits of MOOP (Matter Out Of Place). You don't want to be known as "The MOOPy camp!"

• PLAN. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES put your trash bags in the neighbors' trash on your way home. We are guests in this area and want to maintain a good relationship with the neighbors. Dumping your trash in the neighborhood is very unfriendly and can endanger the existence of Resonance and our relationship with the land owners.



• PREPARE. Plan your packing with trash hauling in mind. Make sure you have room for your trash. Consider using 5 gallon buckets with lids for carrying stinky wet trash in cars. You don't want to end your Resonance experience figuring out how two bulging stinky trash bags can be squeezed into a packed-to-the-roof car.



• REDUCE. Buy in bulk to reduce packaging and your expenses. Strip your gear and food of all unecessary excess packaging BEFORE coming to Resonance to reduce your trash load. Burn non-toxic and paper trash.



• REUSE. Reusable cups, personal water bottles/canteens, camel baks, and large refillable water containers are much easier on the environment and your trash load than disposable cups and plastic water bottles. If you're running a bar camp, consider making people be self-sufficient and bring their own cups or make nice Resonance gift cups that people won't want to throw away. The same goes for reusable dinnerware vs. disposable dinnerware. If you must use disposable dishes, use paper products that you can burn.



• RECYCLE. You can further reduce your trash by keeping recyclable items (water bottles, aluminum cans, etc) seperate from your trash and giving them to the Leave No Trace team. Do NOT throw metal and aluminum into fire circles.



• Clean up your camp throughout the event, so there's not a huge mess to clean up when you're tired and want to go home. Make yourself the Earth Guardian for your camp and lead your campmates in camp LNT efforts.



• Use tarps and large pieces of carpet or rug as ground cover in common areas of your theme camp. Roll it up carefully after Resonance to catch all of the tiny MOOP in one fell swoop.



• Did you know that bottles, bottle caps, and cigarette butts are the most common MOOP found? Bring portable containers to put your butts in, like empty prescription bottles, Altoid tins, or in an emergency, empty water bottles. Drop your bottle caps in your pocket for recycling later. Empty plastic bottles should be taken back to the recycling bag at your camp or the LNT team station.

The LNT sweep starts at 12:00pm on Sunday, September 12th. While we always accept volunteers onsite, it helps with the planning if you sign-up beforehand. To sign up to help with LNT, please visit the Volunteer Page.