The word of the day is.......LITTER

[Tetraman]

Good call. Thanks for bringing this to the attention of the FIRST community. I, too, dislike teams/students/mentors that don't do their part in keeping locations and facilities clean, even at least the small amount they are responsible for.

[Chexposito]

I was really surprised when I saw this. It wasn't like there wasn't time to find a place, my Team had a critical transmission that went bad and kept going bad on friday, so we came out late to eat (right after pits closed) before going on to the concert. Even then there was plenty of time to find a trash can...

[santosh]

I agree for the most part.
But at the same time, shouldn't the venue be prepared for such a large volume of trash? It doesnt make littering right, but it cuts of the issue of teams choosing to litter at its source.

[Bryan Herbst]

Originally Posted by santosh

I agree for the most part.
But at the same time, shouldn't the venue be prepared for such a large volume of trash? It doesnt make littering right, but it cuts of the issue of teams choosing to litter at its source.

The venue was indeed underprepared for the volume of trash (and recycling!) that we generated. Next year, they need more trash receptacles and they need to me more visible.

The lack of trash and recycling bins does not excuse this though. I am sure that even if a team could not find an empty trash can, they could at least go a little out of their way to find a garbage bag to fill until they found a more appropriate container.

[torihoelscher]

I saw a trash tornado before the concert, it was kind of ironic. Saturday morning I saw half eaten pizzas and etc that it looked like the bugs started to eat it. Kind of disgusting to me. lol.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

* gets off soap box and puts on flame suit *

No flame suit necessary. I'm there with 'ya.

Originally Posted by Tanis

The venue was indeed underprepared for the volume of trash (and recycling!) that we generated. Next year, they need more trash receptacles and they need to me more visible.

Indeed, this was one of my biggest complaints.

On the other hand, mentors should set a better example. Unfirtunately I fear that the mentors who permitted this are not members of CD and may never know just how disappointing they were.

[keehun]

An announcement on opening ceremony would go a long way