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Final Greener Festival Awards announced- thirteen more festivals pick up the eco-award
The independent award is based on a seven part questionnaire which covers event management, travel and transport plans, CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions, fair trade, waste management and recycling, water management and noise pollution. Points are awarded for festivals which can show an active plan to promote public transport, reduce on-site waste, recycle and compost wherever possible, re-use water and use sustainable power. Festivals are expected to have a coherent environmental policy and the organisers have environmental auditors who visit as many festival sites as possible to assess how festivals implement their plans. In total twenty three UK festivals and eight international festivals have won the award. Six festivals gained the ultimate accolade of the ‘outstanding’ award from the organisers including the Waveform and Shambala festivals in the UK and Bonnaroo in the USA.
A Greener Festival co-founder Claire O'Neill said “this year applications for our awards more than doubled and this is fantastic news. More and more festivals are making the effort go green and adopt environmentally friendly practices. Some festivals are still improving and going through a steep learning curve, others are old hands now who keep improving their green credentials year on year. The UK and international festival scene is now making a concerted effort to be leaders in changing behaviour to protect the environment”.
The organisers also congratulated the eighteen festivals who had won the Green 'n' Clean award from Yourope, the European festivals organisation. A Greener Festival's Luke Westbury added 'We fully endorse and support Yourope's award and the progress they are making. Across both Europe and the UK we can see significant and positive change. Green n Clean have some fantastic festivals taking part including Denmark's Roskilde, St Gallen Open Air in Swtitzerland, Rheinkultur in Germany, Pinkpop in the Nederlands and Finland's Provinssirock. We salute them!
The Greener Festival Awards are supported by Robertson Taylor, international insurance brokers
