Environmental activists joined various businesses at first Dallas’ first Green Festival at Dallas City Hall on Saturday. Organisers hoped to encourage residents to create a greener city by presenting information and resources on recycling centres and processes.
The Green Festival is just one of many initiatives promoted by the Green Dallas Website, a new venture that has received a great deal of notoriety.
Various organisations manned booths offering information on everything from e-waste recycling to carpooling and other environmentally friendly activities.
Dallas resident Pamela Navarro is pleased that the city is taking steps to promote a more eco-friendly city.
“When you walk down the streets of Dallas, there is trash everywhere, and I’ve called to try to get the city to put up more recycling bins around the area, but you know it’s been hard,” Ms. Navarro said.
After attending a seminar on proper grease disposal, Navarro said, “Events like this really do help,” she said. “I came today and thought I was being green, but it turns out there are so many other ways I could be helping the environment.”
Dallas’ Environmental Quality Office spokeswoman said the Green Festival coincided with National Pollution Prevention Week.
“We hope this event will raise awareness about how each individual can become environmentally friendly in their everyday lives,” Ms. Kolni said.
One of the businesses on hand was Intechra, a computer recycling firm. Intechra presented its free services regarding recycling services for computers and accessories.
“Pollution prevention and keeping hazardous waste out of the landfills is what we want to do, and we’re here to educate,” Intechra representative Colleen Sherman said.
For more information, visit: greendallas.net
Source: Dallas News
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