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The UW night market is an annual event, which is put on by the Taiwanese Student Association (TSA). The night market brings up… Read full summary
- Funding received
- 2014-2015
- Small
- Awarded
- $400
- Funding partners
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- Student Activities Fee (SAF)
- Website & social links
The UW night market is an annual event, which is put on by the Taiwanese Student Association (TSA). The night market brings up to 20 vendors to red square to promote Taiwanese culture. Vendors sell a wide variety of cultural foods as well as running games and activities for market goers to participate in. There are also free musical performances put on by the TSA.
Several thousand people usually attend this event and its popularity grows each year. In previous years the size of the event has caused problems in waste management. The University of Washington has strict rules regarding waste disposal and sorting waste into its correct receptacle. At such a large and exciting event many people may disregard signs on waste containers and throw everything in the same can despite whether it is garbage, recycling or compost. This year the TSA wished to eliminate this problem by better educating the public and providing guidance at the waste stations. To reach these goals the TSA reached out to the CSF to fund several aspects of their waste management. To improve the public's knowledge of how UW manages waste the TSA created a slideshow and video explaining the differences between garbage, recycling and compost. These educational pieces were then shown on their website and presented at the night market event. In addition to these educational steps, the TSA also stationed volunteers at each waste station to ensure that everyone enjoying the festivities were correctly disposing of their waste into the respective container.
By taking these steps to better manage their waste the TSA has shown its dedication to make the University of Washington a more sustainable community.
Dear University of Washington,
We are the Taiwanese Student Association (TSA). TSA contains 40 active officers, and each year we host the annual UW Night Market on Red Square, where we invite over 15 vendors and attracts more than 6,000 attendees. This year we will be hosting the Night Market on May 9th, 5:30 PM - 10:30 PM. Every year TSA always encounter recycling and waste issue, where our attendees are not aware of the trashcan they are throwing, as well as how to sort their trash.
This year, TSA is aiming at providing 1 - 2 workers at each garbage station to ensure participants are sorting their garbage correctly. We will also include a slide of garbage waste and recycling information. In addition, we will film a short video educating the public of recycle waste and share it on our website as well as providing it at our will call booth station.
Each year TSA had spend $200 out of $15,300 facility budget on recycling and waste (garbage stations), and last year we were fined $180 because of poor waste control.
This year's budget breakdown for recycling and waste is as follows:
- Recycling and waste (garbage stations): $200
- Director/Filming: $100
- Recruiting garbage station workers: $50
- Craft/printing/miscellaneous: $50
$200 + $100 + $50 + $50 = $400
This year's program rundown is as follows:
- 7 AM - 5 PM: Set-Up
- 5 PM: All Tents/Vendors set. All garbage stations set. Workers set.
- 5:30 PM: Event starts
- 6:10 PM: Guest Speaker
- 6:30 PM: Performances
- 7:30 PM: 2nd Shift Volunteers/Workers.
- 10:15 PM: Vendors check out.
- 10:30 PM: Event ends.
- 10:30 - 12:00 AM: Clean-Up.
Any level of support will greatly help reduce the financial burden on us as a student organization, especially that this year's school funding had been reduced dramatically.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Helen Yang
Project lead
- hlyang24@uw.edu
- Affiliation
- Student Registered Student Organization (RSO)
Anthony Su
Team member
- su8265@uw.edu
- Affiliation
- Student Registered Student Organization (RSO)