Clean Up Report Card for 2001

Will Roger, director of our Department of Public Works, posted the following report to Burning Man staff members on May 13, 2002:

"We passed the 2001 site inspection! Yesterday at 9AM we met the BLM (led by NCA Manager Dave Cooper), several Earth Guardians, some Friends of the Black Rock Desert, BLM Volunteers, DPW managers, Flynn and Marian, to execute three transects on the 2001 Burning Man event site. This time the weather was perfect. We drove out to the spot where the Man stood to organize the line sweeps. Roger, from the Cedarville BLM office, had identified five random locations. We chose three and started out on our first transect. The first location began at Oblivion and 5 o 'clock and went toward the Esplanade. Each transect is 150' wide and 1000'long. We stretched out a 150'rope with knots tied every 10', where a line sweeper is located and walked together picking up anything in our path. The first transect collected about 1 square foot of MOOP. Pretty damned good, since this was entirely within a major population center in Black Rock City. The second transect went from approximately 7 o 'clock and Child toward 5 o'clock, just behind Center Camp, another area of heavy use. On the second sweep, we collected even less debris! The third transect went from approximately 8:30 and Oblivion out toward the trash fence, a no-camping area. We collected even less. When we spread out the collected debris from all three transects, we had about 3. 5 square feet of litter, or 2 square less than the allowable standard for one transect alone. We passed with 'flying colors. ' The MOOP consisted of one long rebar stake, several smaller tent stakes, gutter spikes, bottle caps, plastic pieces, wood chips, pistachio nut shells, bangles, beads, nails, screws, and staples. No significant burn scars were visible. 2001 is our best cleanup effort yet. Huge thanks go to the entire Burning Man community and especially to the Clean Up Crew. "

Please help to improve our GPA!

Eliminate MOOP - Matter Out Of Place

• Don 't let it hit the ground.
• Take home everything you brought to the event.
• Clean as you go.
• Contribute two hours to public clean-up on Sunday.
• Never burn anything on the unprotected playa.
• Never Ever dump garbage in the Port-a-Potties.

• Eat pre-shelled pistachios.
• Do your wood projects on top of a canvas drop cloth and clean as you go.
• Carry a tin or film canister in which to put your cigarette butts, or put them in your pocket.