The organizers of the Whitehorse Curling Club's weekly bingo have found a way to slash the amount of garbage they produce from 30 bags to half a bag per get-together.

Suzanne Bertrand and Dave Thompson are hoping other organizers of local bingos follow their lead and decide to "go green" with their bingos by using more environmentally-friendly supplies.

Suzanne said paper bingo cards were the biggest contributor to the mass amounts of garbage produced each Monday evening, followed by paper plates and cups used by the players.

The bingos attract anywhere from 150 to 200 people a night, said Suzanne.

But instead of using solely disposable supplies, Thompson and Bertrand now use bingo cards and eating utensils that are either compostable or recyclable.

Bertrand credits the other staff at the curling club and some of the bingo players themselves for suggesting they reduce their garbage.

"They saw how much paper they were producing and said, 'we recycle at home so why not here?'" said Bertrand.

Bingo players are now provided with collecting bins to place their used cards, which are transported to the Raven Recycling Society's centre.

"For us, there is a cost," said Bertrand. The extra effort required to transport the recycable material is charged against the curling club, she explained.

The bingo players were "majorly co-operative" in the effort to go green, she said.

The cleanup after a bingo game is also much quicker than it was previously, she said.