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<\/p>\nTechnology within events is continually developing as we are now in the age of print at home tickets and contactless payments! But are event organisers really thinking with a sustainable hat on?<\/p>\n
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Print at home tickets have been introduced for a range of events such as music events and sporting events. The idea behind these developments is to save the consumer\u2019s time and also to reduce the environmental effects of printing tickets. However the printing of tickets is still happening just in the comfort of our own homes?<\/p>\n
Whenever communicating with stakeholders by designing, promoting, and running an event, organisers have to take into account its impacts on the environment. So when events are organised and tickets can be printed at home by the consumer is this really sustainable and is this the only way that tickets can be produced.<\/p>\n
There are many different ways in which companies can provide consumers with a ticket to an event such as scanned in QR code on their phones or simply showing a confirmation email, however the effectiveness and efficiency of these methods has not yet been proven. Some methods can be time consuming and also require technology that not all consumers will have which can create problems. The reliability and efficiency of new technology may also come in to question when using these methods, as these factors are hard to measure. However if consumers who are attending events can see that new technology is making their experience more enjoyable then they will without doubt buy in to the idea.<\/p>\n
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The whole idea of print at home tickets is to save companies money by reducing printing cost but are they not just shifting the expense of printing to us in our homes? Surely not? By printing tickets at home it saves the organisers money because they are not having to print tickets themselves which means they don\u2019t need to pay staff costs and other costs such as the cost of using machines to print tickets. So that means it will save the consumer money? No, it doesn\u2019t save the consumer money due to the fact that paper needs to be bought in order to print the tickets off not to mention a printer and ink. That\u2019s right you heard correctly you as a consumer are paying for the ticket itself, a booking fee and then printing it yourself at home!<\/p>\n
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As a result of economic and environmental initiatives, paper recycling rates continue to rise. In Europe, recycling has increased by nearly 20% within the last decade or so, reaching a level of almost 72% in 2012.<\/p>\n
As a way of encouraging event organisers to think of the environment and for these rates to continue to rise the government could offer more incentives in regards to recycling at events, for example all tickets that have been printed on paper for the event can be recycled and reused. At the end of the event whether it be a festival or sporting event, attendees can dispose of their tickets printed on paper into specific bins\/containers on the way out which can all be sent off to be recycled. This would then reduce the effect on the environment in the long run, meaning not as many trees will have to be chopped down and used to make paper. By doing this events could potentially promote pro-environmental behaviour change amongst attendees.<\/p>\n
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Apart from the financial implication there are also other factors such as the environment to think about, and the ways in which we use our natural surroundings and raw materials to produce everyday things.<\/p>\n
Are event companies thinking sustainably about the environmental effects that their events can have?<\/p>\n
Are there ways in which they can be more sustainable and responsible…?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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