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In the two years I have attended Burning Man I had gotten heavily involved in maintenance and cleaning the campsite. (99 - Masquetorium & '00 - Temple of the Masks.) This year, (Mind Control Laboratories), I am taking the duty from the start. In no particular order:
Coordination:
Each camp in the village will have one liaison answering to me. I will
educate, inspect and advise our camp's keep clean, and leave no trace policy.
Each group will have to give me a list, naming who will be the last to
leave, so they can be held responsible for ensuring the policy is adhered to
for each group. I will be that role for Mind Control Labs. If they stay till
Monday - they are on this list.

Water:
A large communal shower will be in place for our village members only. The
water will be reclaimed, filtered, and/or let to evaporate in shallow kiddy
pools. The pools will be decorated in a "Toxic Waste" motif to prevent
anyone from messing with it.

I encourage each camp in the village to build their own trough filtration
system. A piece of corrugation in a frame that holds screens of various mesh
size can catch large refuse, which can be placed in the dryers; kiddy pools
away from populated areas, and once dry, that stuff will be bagged.

Recycles:
Glass is majorly discouraged. The campers are instructed to remove as much
excess packaging before coming to the playa, and any bottles they will have
to bring back with themselves. On a camp level, a five-way breakdown that I
find works well is:
	Burnables - wood, paper, nontoxic stuff only. Taken to public pyres
		oh so eagerly by the firebugs in our group.
	Glass - It shows up, anyway. They are packed standing carefully in
		boxes to return home on the truck.
	Aluminum - given to recycle camp. Small bag, they seem to come often.
	Plastic - water bottles, etc. Crushed and brought home on the truck
	Trash - that which must be put in the dump; triple bagged, and brought
		home on the truck.

Daily:
Every person attending will be put on a rota of daily policing duty.

- Anthony R. Taylor

Camps:

 


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