Evergreen State Fair aims for zero waste, with mixed results

MONROE — When the Evergreen State Fair’s zero waste program began in 2014, county officials had an ambitious goal: divert 100% of the event’s waste from landfills in the next three years.

It’s an objective still advertised on the program’s website.

Nine years later, local sustainability leaders acknowledge that goal was not realistic.

Even so, the program has helped keep approximately 45% of the fair’s total waste out of landfills each year. Molly Beeman, the Snohomish County energy and sustainability manager, said the county hasn’t set a new target year to achieve zero waste. Only a year into her role, Beeman said her office plans to collect more data before modifying the program. Beeman said she still considers current waste-reduction efforts a success at the fair.

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