Leave No Trace

Prepare To Leave No Trace

There are things you can do in advance of your departure for Burning Man to start your LNT efforts off right and make LNT easier when you are on playa:

• Prepare BOTH a Leave No Trace plan AND a cleanup plan for your camp, so you can LNT as you go and have less to clean up and restore before you leave.
• Remove all excess packaging from everything you buy (food, supplies, tools) before you pack it.
• Don’t bring glass containers of any kind … they can shatter.
• Smokers: make a portable ashtray (a mint tin, for instance) to collect your cigarette butts and ashes.
• Bring extra tarps to put under MOOP-heavy areas like your kitchen, construction areas and workspaces.
• Bring cardboard, a tarp or pan to place under your vehicle’s oil pan to collect any drippings.
• Bring rope or tie-downs to secure everything in your camp, and to securely strap down your load on top of your vehicle.
• Pack some work gloves to help you pick up the sharp bits.
• Bring an easy-to-carry mug to use at the Café.
• Leave anything at home (living or dead) that will break up and blow away in the wind. Plants are not allowed, as they die and make a mess … use artificial ones instead. Don’t bring loose glitter, feather boas, Astroturf, styrofoam coolers, plastic bags, sheets of paper, string, plastic drink cups, hay bales, straw, gravel, or other such items that blow away in the wind or turn into MOOPy messes before you know it.
• Don’t bring large or public swimming pools or public showers … all that water creates a huge mess that needs to be cleaned up and poses public health issues.
• Learn how to make an evaporation device (see www.evapotrons.info for some great ideas) and properly dispose of your grey water.