The Grand Central Market is a popular food destination located in Downtown Los Angeles. The Market has over 50 vendors which operate with varying levels of environmental responsibility. Given the shared nature of the Market, issues relating to the Tragedy of the Commons are prevalent there. Thus, the current sustainability strategy pursued by the Market is not enough to counterbalance the vendors who are not working toward decreasing their environmental footprint. What’s more, the Market produces a great deal of waste associated with food packaging. Therefore, we sought to pair the goal of decreasing packaging waste with providing an incentive to vendors. Our proposed strategy invites the Market to incentivize vendors to switch to environmentally responsible packaging through the use of an eco-label system, so that vendors which use sustainable packaging benefit. Additionally, we recommend that the Market increases the size of its recycling bins in order to accommodate the growing numbers of recycled packaging, and implement signage that communicates to the consumers their efforts to reduce waste.
*Source: We like L.A, Google.com. Web. 2, June 2017. http://www.welikela.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/grand-central-market-featured.jpg
Group 7: Judith Foster, Grace Reynolds, Carly York, Maria Kiejnich
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