Greener Glastonbury!
18th, June 2008
A staggering 75% of the music industry's carbon footprint is due to live events, which is why so many festivals have decided to go green this summer by introducing new concepts like solar-powered stages and reusable beer cups. Leading the pack is Glastonbury’s "Love the Farm - Leave No Trace" campaign, which will encourage environmentally-friendly practices such as the distribution of wooden cutlery over plastic. The campaign will also feature "green police", who will patrol the campsites in fancy dress and encourage campers to use the biodegradable tent-pegs provided (made out of potato starch), in order to fit in with the eco-friendly theme of the weekend.
But Glastonbury’s not the only festival pulling their eco-weight – last year’s Carling Weekend at Leeds and Reading introduced free beer tokens in exchange for the collection of three bags of rubbish, as well as 10p refunds to anyone who handed in their drink cup for recycling (rather than for throwing on stage at a band member).
And for all you fine eco-conscious festival-goers out there, there’s a new environmentally-friendly tent, called the Myhab. Sleeping two people, it’s made from waterproof cardboard and plastic and is fully recyclable, so you don’t have to feel guilty at the end of a heavy weekend.
