How we did in 2023

We were not the worst!

But apparently, we were not the best either... 

As you can see above, our activities area was yellow, and there's also a red area. However we did have some "guests" park on our plot after everybody had already left, and I'm pretty sure they were on that red area. We don't know what they left behind after our departure from the playa. What this means is that to cover ourselves next year, we should make sure we take photos of our plot right before we leave.

So what happened exactly?

This happened:

The Mud apocalypse happened (aka Mudpocalypse). We were doing pretty good until the rains turned playa dust into the stickiest mud you can imagine.

Even the porta-potties were a disaster and for a while, sanitation could not reach the porta-potties and they were not emptied or cleaned:

You could also tell things got chaotic and that people forgot all about the 10 principles because people threw cans and other products into the portos. I can only imagine the work the sanitation crew had to do to get those portos back to optimal condition...

Overall summary

Overall: We still passed the inspection and I am pretty sure BMORG was more lenient and understanding than usual this year due to the Mud situation. It was definitely challenging for everybody.

We had several trash receptacles, one per trash type. We even started drying compostables in mesh bags until the rains ruined those plans as well (you can't dry anything when it's all wet and raining around you). Our trash bags had a designated location right next to our utilities uHaul truck, and we properly got rid of our trash in Reno.

We took our cardboard to a cardboard recycling facility. We got rid of our regular trash at a regular trash disposal facility. We also disposed of other large items (such as our piano) at a special recycling facility for mixed materials: