BJ Hurwich has coordinated recycling and composting efforts for the Whitaker Community Dinner, Chef’s Night-out , Project Homeless Connect (PHC) and the Olympic track trials in Eugene, events ranging from 1,500 to 20,000 attendees. She creates educational materials, works with vendors and steering committees, develops signage, and manages 40-90 volunteers per event. With yearly improvements, she has nudged these events from simple recycling up to 70-85% waste diversion. At Chefs Night Out last year, the events greening efforts resulted in an impressive 75% reduction in waste. BJ loves to pass her knowledge of event Greening on to other master recyclers and event coordinators to help expand their ability to move more events towards Zero Waste. She is currently developing an apprenticeship program for people who would like to receive training in becoming event Greening coordinators. When she’s not doing special events Greening, BJ stays busy as an adoption counselor and parent.
