Join our WE B Green Team
and See We Fest For FREE:


Do you want to really enjoy the festival camping experience, like to get to know your neighbors, want to see the music and help save the planet?

Join or organize a WE B Green team for the week consisting of 10 responsible individuals, also known as a group of friends that enjoy hanging out and working together. The goal of the team is to have FUN, while helping other people properly dispose of their waste at WE Fest. Your team would be assigned a specific campground where you would meet and greet your fellow campers by walking around and identifying campsites that need help setting up recycling stations AND rewarding the campsites that are doing a good job with a chance to Win VIP Tickets to next years WE Fest. Help people set-up recycling stations and encourage people to set their full bags on the curb so that our curbside pick-up teams can pick them up. Work with the recycling station personnel by giving them breaks and helping them sort the aluminum out of the mixed recycling and trash.

All Volunteers receive Free camping permits, concert tickets, and WE B Green t-shirts in exchange for helping us. Plus you arrive Tuesday before the festival so you can get your campsite set-up early.

If you would like to volunteer or for more information, please e-mail your full name, address, phone number and email address to David Larson at david@arvig.net or call 218-234-6253.

WE B GREEN IS THE WAY TO GO
THINK BEFORE YOU THROW
Soo Pass Ranch WE B Green Special Event Recycling Program
Huge Success at WE Fest and the 10.000 Lakes Festival


FACE, Inc., the production company for WE Fest and 10.000 Lakes Festival, received a 2008 grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to fund the WE B Green Special Event Recycling program at the Soo Pass Ranch. The immediate goal of the WE B Green program is to decrease landfill waste through increased recycling efforts, combined with more emphasis on composting, and reusable products for vendors, audience and employees.

After completing the second year we are proud to announce that the WE B Green program surpassed the initial goal of recycling 20% of all waste materials in 2008, achieving a recycling rate of 24% for the WE Fest and 10.000 Lakes Festival combined. The recapture rate for 2009 was even better with 27% of all waste going into recycling.

The overall goal of reducing landfill waste was also achieved, with a 29% drop in 2008 and an additional 5% reduction for 2009 in the amount of trash taken to the Becker County Landfill, representing a 40% decrease from 2007. In 2009 because of the WE B Green program, The WE Fest and 10.000 Lakes Festival generated 131 tons less trash and captured 43 tons more recyclables compared to 2007.

The long term goal of the WE B Green Special Event Recycling Program is to achieve a recycling rate of 50%, and to replicate these efforts at special events statewide. Toward that end, FACE Inc., with funding from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, has developed a WE B Green instructional DVD, with companion handbook, that will be distributed free of charge to other special events. Material for the DVD was filmed at both events, focusing on advanced planning, building and operating campground recycling stations, as well as stage announcements and audience education. For additional information, or to request a WE B Green Special Event Recycling DVD and Handbook, please send your request to WE B Green, FACE Inc., P.O. Box 1227, Detroit Lakes, MN 56502. or CONTACT David Larson FACE, Inc. 218-847-1691 David@arvig.net



We B Green is an audience friendly recycling program aimed at reducing the amount of landfill waste generated by events at the SOO Pass Ranch through increased recycling. When you arrive at the campgrounds each Campsite will receive One Black Bag, and Two Clear Bags. Clear Bag marked Aluminum for cans and foil.



Clear Bag marked Mixed - for Plastic Bottles, Cardboard, Paper and Metal.

Recycling Stations and Composting of FOOD WASTE
Help us keep clean by depositing you're recycling at one of our We B Green recycling stations, bring FOOD WASTE to the We B Green Stations and we will compost it. You can also learn more about our program and how you can participate in saving the planet by picking up a copy of the LIV Green Magazine.


Curbside pick-up
You can just leave the bags on the curb when they are filled and our curbside pick-up team powered by zero emission electric vehicles from Electric Vehicles Unlimited will remove them or you can take the bags to a recycling station and receive We B Green Bucks for a chance to Win Tickets to next year's show.


Concert Bowl Recycling
When in the Concert Bowl look for We B Green Stations to bring your Plastic Bottles and Aluminum cans to. Help us reduce the amount of Trash from the plastic cups by purchasing a reusable Mug and using it all weekend.

We B Green VIP Ticket Drawing
It takes all of us to make a difference. When you recycle and keep your campsite clean WE B Green Volunteers will reward you with a chance to WIN VIP TICKETS or General Admission Tickets to next year's Festival. Earn chances to enter and WIN by impressing our Campground Volunteers with the cleanliness of your campground and use of re-usable products. Earn chances to enter and WIN by taking your Recyclables and Compostable Food items to a Recycling Station. Purchase a reusable mug and earn more chances to register for valuable prizes to be given away throughout the event. You could win 6 VIP tickets to next year's show.

Less Trash makes for a better planet, and every time you recycle you're a winner. Together we can make a difference.