Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Goes Green!

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis and St. Louis Earth Day are proud to continue their partnership to bring environmental responsibility to Shakespeare Glen, Forest Park.

Over the past four years, St. Louis Earth Day has hauled out more than 18 tons of recyclable material from Shakespeare Glen.  So please play a starring role when you attend the Festival and place all recyclable items in the St. Louis Earth Day recycling containers. The only non-recyclable items are plastic bags, Styrofoam (plastic #6) and food waste. It’s that simple!

We are also making the Shakespeare Festival as green as possible by working with Ameren Missouri's Pure Power to offset 100% of the energy used to power the nightly performances with emission-free Missouri Wind Energy Certificates.  For the 23 performances this Festival season, this simple act will prevent the release of 37,999 pounds of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere: the same Green House Gas emission reduction as not driving a car for over 3 years.  Many thanks to our friends at Ameren Missouri for their generous donation of Pure Power offset credits!

The portable restroom units provided by Johnny on the Spot use eco-friendly chemicals and recycled paper products.  Shapiro Metals is enabling the recycling effort by providing dumpsters for the recyclables.  And when the final curtain comes down, most of the set will be deconstructed and reused for future performances, significantly reducing landfill waste.

Recycling on the Go is the region’s first wide-scale event recycling program. The program aims to reduce the negative environmental impact of events and festivals by reducing and recycling a portion of the waste generated.

St. Louis Earth Day is a non-profit 501c3 organization whose mission is to make every day Earth Day by cultivating environmental stewardship and engaging individuals, governments, businesses, schools and the non-profit sector in celebration, education and action to support a healthy and sustainable future.