Guest news contributor FreeTrade Ireland.
More and more festivals are popping up each summer, and at each festival there are piles of rubbish generated, a lot of which is very reusable!
Like tents! The amount of tents being left behind nowadays is unreal. Take the Isle of Wight festival for instance: it’s estimated that one in five tents was left behind at last year’s event, and that’s just one festival!
Imagine the amount left behind from all of the festivals in Europe combined!
It’s clear to see that this has become one of the biggest environmental issues facing festival organisers along with many others such as litter, waste, energy efficiency and so on.
Festivals are trying their best to be eco-friendly and sustainable but for it to really work it comes down to those attending playing their part as well to make these initiatives really work and make a difference.
You can play your part and help make a difference by making some green decisions when heading to your favourite festival.
So, on that note and the festival season upon us here are some tips to help you be green at festivals!
Environmental Initiatives – Take advantage of the environmental initiatives happening at your festival. By doing something good for the environment you get something good back also whether it is a free tea or just that good feeling of having done something good!
Examples of initiatives happening at festivals:
So don’t forget to look in to what green initiatives or aspects there are to the festivals you’ll be attending this year and see how you can get involved!
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