Cleaning up after a record-setting Stampede
Posted Jul 16, 2012 7:22 am.
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The centennial edition of the Calgary Stampede was one for the record books both in terms of attendance and garbage.
Just over 1.4-million people passed through the turnstiles at Stampede Park during the 100th Anniversary celebration, smashing the old attendance record of 1.26-million set back in 2006.
Cleanup at Stampede Park is expected to take several days to complete.
The Manager of Park and Facility Services for Stampede Park tells 660News operations should be back to normal by Friday.
Gerry McHugh says thanks to ramped-up recycling efforts over the past dozen years or so, they’ve managed to reduce the amount of garbage that goes into the landfill by roughly 50 per cent.
McHugh says about 85 to 95 tonnes of Stampede debris will end up in the landfill, with another 60 tonnes hauled off to the local recycling plant.
He says over the course of Stampede they had as many as 200 people a day working on the garbage detail, including children with local Boys and Girls Clubs.
Cleanup operations will be suspended somewhat over the next few days to allow North American Midway to tear down its show and travel up the QE2 to Edmonton.
McHugh says the Stampede is constantly striving to reduce its environmental footprint and gives a lot of credit to its patrons for making that a reality.
