Reducing Waste at Cultural and Sporting Events

As usual, our association holds its annual general meeting in April in one of its 5 branches. This year, it was the turn of our antenne Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and we were lucky enough to be hosted by the family of Léo, former employee of the antenna and now a seasoned volunteer. For this weekend of reunion around the presentation of the results of the year 2025, we applied the advice we give to structures organizing events to reduce their negative impacts. On this General Assembly 2026, we notably implemented: ● dry toilets and solar showers ● collective transport by train or carpooling ● vegan lunch and dinner ● a partnership with a local brewery ● the use of reusable containers and crockery ● participative cleaning, tidying and crockery ● waste sorting into three streams: household waste, recyclables and compost ● the reuse of scenography and animation tools ● the sharing of equipment between the different antennas A big thank you to the Aremacs PACA team, employees and volunteers for the organization; Leo and his family for their welcome; the employees and volunteers of the other antennas for their involvement and hard work all year round. And thank you to all of you who support us in our mission!

Last year, we organized not two but three editions of JEER: the one at the Le Bon Air festival in Marseille, the first in Bordeaux and the "traditional" one in Lyon. For the first time since 2017, we were fully booked on the second day, with a near-full capacity on the first day too: a source of pride for our teams, and a sign of recognition for our event, which is now becoming a not-to-be-missed rendezvous for the ecological transition of the events sector. In addition to taking over the Lyon Metropole, this year we were lucky enough to be welcomed at the AiRT DE FAMILLE festival. Our participants were able to follow round tables, project presentations and workshops surrounded by works of art. Thank you to all the difteurs and difteuses who support us and enable us to organize this event. Happy New Year and best wishes!