Right from the very first gathering in 2004 we have made an effort to reduce unnecessary waste, recycle and use alternative sources of energy (solar and wind). Each year we grow we intend to invest a little in new equipment that helps reduce our negative environmental impact.
We have a good supply of Biodiseal sourced from UK recycled veg oil and use this to run most of the vans that are used throughout the festival.
We have introduced car parking fee which is primarily to make people concious of the journey and encourage the most efficient use of vehicles. Funds raised from this will be used in our ongoing efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of the event, such as subsidising a (bio fuel) bus service from Brighton.
We have always aimed to minimise porta loos which use unnecessary
chemicals and fuel to transport their contents to the nearest
processing plant.
This year we will again be using mainly plumbed in toilets but a few
porta loos will be around to service those spaces that are too far away
from these facilities. In future we aim to use compost toilets but
still need to sort out the logistics!
Where possible we try to minimise our electricity use, these efforts
are particularly focused around low power stage lighting and the use of
LED's where practical.
We don't use generators (they're noisy, smelly and generally a pain)
instead our electricity is either sourced from a Green energy company
(national grid) or generated on site by solar and wind generators.
We will have facilities to recycle paper/cardboard, glass, metal and organic waste.
The bar and caterers will have to provide biodegradable cups, bowls
etc. so as to reduce the amount of non-recyclable waste produced.