One of the 10+2 principles is leave not trace. Practicing a Leave No Trace ethic is simple: leave the place you visit the same or better than you found it; leave no trace of your having been there, so that others – human and animal – can enjoy the land the rest of the year.

There will be NO ACCESS TO TRASH BINS, so make sure to bring enough trash bags and to take everything you brought, including your trash back home with you.

  1. Plan Ahead and Prepare For each item that you’re bringing to the burn, think through how you’re going to dispose of it.
  2. Reduce Packaging Bringing less in means having less to haul out. Leave unnecessary packaging at home. Food often comes in layers of plastic and cardboard, but also cast a critical eye toward the toys and camping gear you’re bringing. Unpacking them before arriving on the playa spares you the hassle of bringing back styrofoam packing and shrinkwrap.
  3. Respect Wildlife Do not harass wildlife. Remember, zum brennenden Löwen is not a place for dogs or other pets.
  4. Be Aware of Very Small Items No Trace really does mean no trace. Be conscious of spare nails or smaller trash particles that may be dismissed as too small for trash including: hair, matches, cigarette butts, feathers, glitter, zip ties. Remember food waste such as peanut shells, orange peels and egg shells are also trash. While you’re walking around the playa, make an effort to pocket all trash, including cigarette butts, and then empty your pockets into a trash bag later. After you pick up your trash to carry home, do a last-minute check of your site for cigarette butts, gum wrappers, etc. because many of those will be hidden under tarps, tents and vehicles.
  5. Do not use the Playa as your toilet It’s unacceptable, unsanitary, and just plain gross the morning after. 6. Why not just throw stuff into the Potties? If it wasn’t in your body, don’t put it in the potty. Items that aren’t human waste or toilet paper are not to be dropped on the compost toilets. What Is MOOP? MOOP is an acronym for “Matter Out of Place”, a convenient way of referring to anything that is not originally of the land on which our event takes place. So everything that wasn’t originally here, no matter how small, is considered MOOP, and is to be removed as part of our Leave No Trace efforts.