ZerO Waste and golf were simply made for each other

I was at an Eco-Rotary meeting in Morro Bay last night where the main topic of discussion was planning another zero waste park at Morro Bay Golf Course. Morro Bay Eco-Rotary is a club that has really advanced the zero waste message. In the past year they have managed the waste at every significant local event, from harbor festival to Car Show. In this second year they are already committed for every weekend to do the zero waste thing at events. Because of their efforts in the past year, most regional public gatherings are making the effort to seperate and manage their waste streams.

Eco-Rotarians sort event wastes into 4 catagories: recycle, compost, liquid, and trash (although in an attempt to finish the event with an empty trash container, they also advise event planners about percycle strategies to prevent trash wastes before they occur) They're composting the event food and organic wastes in their own compost operation, but they really don't have the room or proper equipment to do the job effeciently since theier waste management services have become so popular.

I was happy to learn that MB Eco-Rotary was planning on moving their community zero waste services headquarters to our second zero waste golf course compost facility to be located at Morro Bay Golf Course, which is another San Luis Obispo County managed course, under the direction of superintendent Josh Heptig. Eco-Rotary has also prototyped a residential compost club where area residents can bring their weekly food scraps to contribute in the diversion of organics to the land fill. The new MBGC zero waste facility will attract environmentally sensitive groups and individuals to the course. It will become a community center for composting and zero waste demonstrations and information. What a wonderful way to bring the public to the golf course. What a great way to offer additional public services from an existing facility.

One of the best aspects of combining golf courses  and zero waste is the fact that golf courses can benefit so greatly from the compost products that are generated. It's a natural balance....a golf course can easily absorb more compost than they can produce from their own organic waste stream  and the public need access to a regional facility for composting, recycling and environmental education. No Better place than the golf course for the land and the people to come together to protect the local and global environment.