The following information was adopted from a Burning Man Earth Guardians website with just a few changes that particularly suit Amphibia's camp situation. Lots of other good information on Leave No Trace camping is available HERE.

Planning

• Design our camp in a way that is easy to keep clean
• Select materials and decorations for our camp that lessen waste and are recyclable or reusable
• Create a detailed plan for the breakdown/cleanup of our camp, accounting for every scrap, and pack necessary tools and supplies
• Plan for extra cleanup and trash generated by activities and parties at our camp
• Plan enough space and storage in our vehicles for trash hauling
• Explain the ground rules to all camp members and post our LNT plan on our website
• Plan a secured trash separation station with signage and tags and plenty of heavy duty garbage bags
• If we are allowed to have live plants this year, here is our live plant plan

Items for camp operations

Separate, sealed containers for recyclables, burnables, and non-burnables, a found bin and signage and tags.

• Reusable dinnerware and utensils, including a portable coffee cup for the café
• Two screened, plastic trays for compost drying.
• Containers for grey water disposal
• Containers for smokers’ butts
• Tarps or other floor covering to ‘catch’ any items that drop
• Evaporation pond
• Sand filter for kitchen water. Filters food particles out of the kitchen waste water and puts it into the evaporation pond.

Items for our camp’s breakdown and clean-up

• Big whiskbroom and push broom
• Flat blade shovel for burn scar restoration or dune MOOP
• Large landscape rake and smaller rakes for sweeping though dust piles
• Stiff long handled broom for breaking up dunes
• Rope and string for tying loose stuff down.
• Small spare bags for collecting trash as we wander.
• Lots of industrial strength trash bags: more than we think we'll need.
• Cheap work gloves for everybody.
• Long-handled sledgehammer for compacting 5-gallon buckets and driving stakes.
• rebar and stake removal tools.
• Directions and hours of landfills and RV water dump stations will be available to all camp members.
• Magnets to remove every last nails, staples, scrap of metal.
• Vehicles and/or trailers to haul everything out

During the event

• We will check our camp daily
• We will clean as we go, realizing that any trash or MOOP (matter out of place) can blow away or be buried at any moment.
• We will keep our recyclables, burnables, and non-burnables clearly separated for easy disposal,
• We will recycle our aluminum on-site.
• We will bring recyclable glass and plastic home for recycling.
• We will have special cleanup crews for any high traffic activities we host and take care of any trash left by guests, invited or otherwise.
• We won’t leave trash in or around the port-o-potties
• We won’t light fires on bare ground or dig pits, leaving scars. If we must burn, we’ll use a public burn barrel or burn platform
• We will burn only clean untreated wood or paper (nothing synthetic) and follow the safety guidelines for fires and burn scar prevention.
• We won’t dig large holes or trenches
• We will keep all items tied or weighted down, and leave papers at home.
• We will not dump any grey or black water on the playa
• We will encourage members of our camp to carry a personal trash (MOOP) container and a cigarette butt container when they are outside camp.

After the event

• We will put aside time and have designated volunteers for the final cleanup
• We will take all trash in sealed containers home or to a landfill on the way home.
• After cleaning our camp, everyone in our camp will devote at least two hours to the general city cleanup (e.g. trash fence, local port-o-potties, café, etc).
• We will leave extra space in every vehicle on the way to the desert, knowing that repacking will inevitably take up more space and ensure that no items can detach during the ride home.
• We will pack out everything, including any un-evaporated gray water and scum
• We won’t put trash in or around the port-o-potties
• We will help out our neighbors and fellow citizens

We will be Good Neighbors

• We will encourage our guests to bring their own beverage containers.
• We will help out our neighbors
• We will adopt the space around our camp, making sure that it stays traceless