{"id":3024,"date":"2019-11-13T13:25:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T13:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/eventsglos\/?p=3024"},"modified":"2019-12-05T13:57:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T13:57:26","slug":"plastic-festival-waste-are-you-doing-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/eventsglos\/2019\/11\/13\/plastic-festival-waste-are-you-doing-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Festival Waste: Are YOU Doing Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With global warming (at its worst), many Event Managers are looking for ways to make their events greener. This blog will highlight the recent discovery of plastic waste being sent abroad and ways to combat this issue. It is important for us, as Event Managers to understand where our waste is going so we can do our part for the environment and avoid any negative publicity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Music Festivals, on average, generate 23,500 tonnes of waste which includes plastic bottles, food waste, abandoned tents and clothing.<\/p>

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“BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend produced 60 tonnes<\/strong> of rubbish. It took 160 <\/strong>large bins, 300<\/strong> wheelie bins and 22 <\/strong>skips to collect the waste”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where does your festival waste end up?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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One of the biggest contributions to festival waste is plastic. Roughly two-thirds of plastic waste in the UK is being sent overseas with the aim to reduce costs. However, countries such as China, Malaysia, Turkey and Poland are starting to reject plastic waste, due to its impurity. Back in 2018, China decided they will reject any plastic waste that is more than 0.5% impure. The amount of UK waste taken by China dropped by 94% <\/strong>after this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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