The Burning Man community expects us to live up to this committment.

Things we all must do

• Minimize packaging before we go to Burning Man
• Not dump graywater on the playa or in the porta-potties (gray water = shower water, dish water)
• Not spit toothpaste on the playa
• Use porta-potties exactly and only for body waste. Toothpaste is OK in the porta-pottie (if you can get past the idea of brushing your teeth in an outhouse)
• Not burn anything on the playa. Use a burn platform for burnable debris (paper, wood), or a Burning Man approved firepit.
• Not dig holes in the playa except as required to secure a structure (e.g. for rebar).
• Not bring any of the following:
  • pistachios or any other nuts in shells
  • feather boas or other clothing with bits that can come off in the wind
  • loose glitter or glitter glued to artwork unless it is sealed with a clearcoat (e.g. clear krylon spraypaint).
  • confetti or anything like it! Bad! No!!
  • clothing or artwork with bits that always fly off in the wind
  • individually wrapped candies (generates lots of tiny trash)
• Collect all our trash and take it away from Burning Man
• Clean up our personal camp space, including all debris, rebar stakes in the ground, etc. We promise to ask for help if we can't get a piece of rebar out -- our camp has tools to get the job done.

Opportunities to even the score
The truth is that despite our best efforts some of our debris will blow away, or some gift we give someone will end up releasing or becoming debris (e.g. a food wrapper, nose fish trading cards). So we need to actively look for opportunities to even the score before we can achieve anything close to zero net impact.

• We Pick up MOOP (matter-out-of-place) wherever we see it
• We find a gentle way to raise the awareness of someone else who litters. Maybe just smile and say "Here, let me pick that up for you."
• We bring a trashbag sometimes when we go adventuring.

Camp Responsibilities
A group of us will remain until Monday, Sept 1. Those that do will comprise the final camp cleanup team. The cleanup team has the responsibility to complete the cleanup of our camp. At that point it should not be a huge amount of work because every one of us will have cleaned up our own area. We are each of us the cleanup team for our own camping spot.

The cleanup team will:

• Make a shoulder-to-shoulder sweep of the entire camp and our annex camp if we have one. We will pick up anything that isn't playa or a black rock.
• Rake and scrape the surface of our camp to help remove dust covered debris and even out any unnatural piles and fill small holes.