Our mission
is to help save the planet and her precious resources by repurposing, reusing, recycling and composting event “waste.”
We hope that “greening services” become unnecessary as society embraces waste-free events and daily living. In the future, we hope to see everyone bringing their own cups and reusable water bottles everywhere. Bottled water will be a thing of the past and everyone will have their own fabric napkins and non-plastic utensils will be a no-brainer. In this great future there will be all sorts of biodegradable wares made of locally grown bamboo, hemp, and birch, all features of reduced reliance on fossil fuels for their manufacture or process. In the meantime…
Greening • Waste Diversion • Composting • Recycling
Events • Festivals • Conferences • Restaurants • Offices
Keeping it Real, Keeping it Green
Having greened events have from Joshua Tree to Mendocino and from Ft. Bragg to Lake Tahoe, Green Mary now we focus on the San Francisco Bay Area: greening locally while affecting globally. We take into account all the components of the work we do and choose the most sustainable options to ensure smart practices at the deepest levels. We apply a carbon tax to all our events to offset our participation and driving and contribute those proceeds to The Climate Center.
Green Mary’s green team believes firmly in eco-education and in sending event participants away with more eco-information than they showed up with and strive for the best diversion rates at each event, often reaching up to 95% of event waste kept out of the landfill.
Testimonials
You are stunning!!!!”
Sonoma County Waste Management Agency
Green Mary’s is the most highly respected waste diversion in the Bay – you know that right?
Alzheimer Walk in SF
Great job again, Mary and the Green Team…
We do events like this all over the country – Chicago, New York, Toronto, Atlanta and New Orleans and in my 39 years of event production, nobody does it better!
Bay to Breakers Race Director, Premier Event Management
Green Mary – you and your crew are unbelievable. You all busted your butts all day long at the 4th of July which is a very long day and were still smiling at 11PM.
I can’t thank you enough.
Producer, Berkeley Fourth of July Festival
Why Green Mary?
Top of the list
Green Mary is on the top of the list of Greeners within San Francisco’s Department of The Environment
Green Mary is a preferred vendor for
- City of San Francisco
- Berkeley
- San Francisco Parks and Recreation
Green Team Experts
Very experienced staff and crew throughout the Bay area
Passion for the environment
As of 1989 and the State Zero Waste Mandate (AB) 939, events must achieve a 50% waste diversion. You can either hire Green Mary to make your event that awesome event you always wanted it to be – or you can be picking plastic bottles from bags food waste at 2 in the morning
Volunteer recruitment
Volunteer recruitment, education and hands on training
Triple Bottom Line
Greening your event is the obvious work.
Additionally, we work with Food Runners, COTS, Redwood Gospel Mission Inn to Feed hundreds of people each month.
Commitment
Green Mary has been a San Francisco Bay Area green resource for 15 years
Customized event management
We keep our our prices low with
- Trained team members in multiple counties
- Economy of Scale: By greening over 250 event dates each year and with multiple events on any given weekend we can maximize our own time resources and pass that savings on to you
- Our history and familiarity with local venues, vendors, resources, haulers leads to time savings for us and fiscal savings for you
Green Mary is a Certified Woman-Owned Business
“This is the true Joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it what I can.”
-George Bernard Shaw
