This is reverse vending machine, and Sustainable Buzz will have the first event in North America to feature one — in Tampa Thursday night. Credit: Bidgee [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

This is reverse vending machine, and Sustainable Buzz will have the first event in North America to feature one — in Tampa Thursday night. Credit: Bidgee [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Tomorrow night, see what all the buzz is about when Sustainable Buzz returns to Tampa. This evening, geared at anyone concerned with sustainable living, will feature a pop-up market featuring eco-minded products, a Trash-to-Treasure fashion show and plenty of food and drink. If you go, you can sample wine and vodka and Tampa Bay-area craft beer, all along Tampa's Riverwalk in front of the Straz Center.

But what else? A tiny home tour, of course, and a reverse vending machine, courtesy of Coca-Cola (the first time there'll be one at any event in North America). It's also a zero-waste certified event and also promises to be fun, too.

11th Annual Sustainable Buzz, hosted by The Sustany Foundation | Riverwalk in front of the Straz Center for Performing Arts, 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa | Nov. 15: 6:30 p.m. (VIP admission begins at 5:30 p.m.) | $50; $90 per couple | VIP admission (private lounge and VIP parking): $150; $250 per couple | buzztickets.org


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This article appears in Nov 8-15, 2018.

Cathy's portfolio includes pieces for Visit Florida, USA Today and regional and local press. In 2016, UPF published Backroads of Paradise, her travel narrative about retracing the WPA-era Florida driving...