Transport emissions and local congestion are potentially the most
significant environmental impacts of hosting an event. Glastonbury use the
following tools to encourage festival goers to help reduce the carbon footprint.
Glastonbury Festival Green Traveler: gives incentives to travel by public transport or cycling. The lanyard is given to those arriving at the Festival Coach Park to monitor those using public transport. The lanyard provides access to solar showers and compost toilets, discount on main meals, free yogurt and festival t-shirt discount.
Cyclists are provided with a reserved camping field (Glastonbury Festival 2010).
Using green tractors: running on 100% bio-diesel refined from used cooking oil.
Reducing road delivery:
- Building two reservoirs holding a million liters of water, thus all festival water comes from the mains, therefore no trucks are need to bring in water from other services. The water is heavily monitored and usually tested for quality twice a day: -
-Onsite, wholesale market so food and water delivery is hugely reduced.
- Reducing CO2 emissions by investing money into sewage plants, so the Festival sewage waste can now be processed within a 8 mile radius, instead of hauling it to Avonmouth, 40 miles way.
Glastonbury Festival Green Traveler: gives incentives to travel by public transport or cycling. The lanyard is given to those arriving at the Festival Coach Park to monitor those using public transport. The lanyard provides access to solar showers and compost toilets, discount on main meals, free yogurt and festival t-shirt discount.
Cyclists are provided with a reserved camping field (Glastonbury Festival 2010).
Using green tractors: running on 100% bio-diesel refined from used cooking oil.
Reducing road delivery:
- Building two reservoirs holding a million liters of water, thus all festival water comes from the mains, therefore no trucks are need to bring in water from other services. The water is heavily monitored and usually tested for quality twice a day: -
-Onsite, wholesale market so food and water delivery is hugely reduced.
- Reducing CO2 emissions by investing money into sewage plants, so the Festival sewage waste can now be processed within a 8 mile radius, instead of hauling it to Avonmouth, 40 miles way.
(Glastonbury Festival n.d.)
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