Art In The Square Goes Green

The Southlake Women’s Club is gearing up for the 11th annual Art in the Square. And this year, the three-day event will be green! The Southlake Women’s Club and Republic Services are partnering to expand their recycling efforts during this spring’s event.

“Last year, with the help of GreenFellows, we were able to capture all the wine bottles used during the event”, said Barb Cohen, event co-chair. “This year with the additional help of Republic, we will have single stream recycling.” At this year’s event, scheduled April 23 – 25, Southlake Town Square will have in place 40 recycling bins in which attendees can easily dispose of their used plastic cups and aluminum cans from beverages purchased at the event. With the attendees’ participation in recycling, along with the vendors’ help in capturing empty wine bottles and corrugated cardboard, the trash generated from the event is expected to be cut in half.

“We have also contacted our food vendors asking them to do all they could to bring recyclable plastic cups and plates, instead of Styrofoam, which isn’t recyclable,” says Laura Copeland, vendor relations chair.

“The Southlake Women’s Club is founded on the principle of giving back. It just makes sense for Art in the Square to do what we can to be pro-active in preserving our environment as well,” says Cohen.