At Maidenhead Festival we are passionate about improving the world we live in. We want to make the Festival as sustainable as we can and aim to be frugal with resources, minimise our impact on our environment and commit towards improving the wellbeing and welfare of all who volunteer at and come to enjoy the Festival.
OUR WASTE POLICY
‘Love the Park, leave no trace’, is central to Maidenhead Festival’s philosophy. We are passionate about reducing rubbish sent to landfill and ask Festival-goers to bring only what they need and leave nothing behind. With over 10,000 people in the park during the festival, it’s very important to minimise the enormous impact this has on the environment.
By focusing on the efficient use and reuse of resources, we want to avoid the creation of waste. This year we are working particularly hard to eliminate the scourge of single-use plastic throughout the site.
Waste prevention and recycling
Promotion of sustainable practices.
OUR ENERGY POLICY
Global climate change continues to present the biggest threat to our planet. Here at Maidenhead Festival we are committed to reducing greenhouse emissions and using clean energy sources whenever possible.
Prioritising clean energy.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
For Maidenhead Festival to be sustainable, we all have a duty to make sure the land on which it stands is looked after. With over 10,000 people visiting Kidwells Park, reducing the impact Maidenhead Festival has on the environment is a huge task. And it is one which we are devoted to.
But we simply can’t do it without you. With your help we can do even more to bring down our greenhouse gas emissions. With over 10,000 people at the Festival, these are small steps that bring us closer to a greener, cleaner world.
There are many ways in which you can help us to protect our environment and the future of Maidenhead Festival, such as:
OUR WASTE POLICY
‘Love the Park, leave no trace’, is central to Maidenhead Festival’s philosophy. We are passionate about reducing rubbish sent to landfill and ask Festival-goers to bring only what they need and leave nothing behind. With over 10,000 people in the park during the festival, it’s very important to minimise the enormous impact this has on the environment.
By focusing on the efficient use and reuse of resources, we want to avoid the creation of waste. This year we are working particularly hard to eliminate the scourge of single-use plastic throughout the site.
Waste prevention and recycling
- Teams of litter pickers work throughout the Festival and afterwards, hand-collecting litter.
- Recycling bins are available onsite and Festival-goers will be encouraged to place their waste in the correct bins
- Single-use plastic drinks bottles will not be available to purchase at Maidenhead Festival.
- Single-use plastic drinks bottles will also no longer be supplied or available in any of the festival’s backstage, production, catering and dressing room areas. We provide water stations back of house to enable reusable bottles to be refilled.
- We only allow compostable or reusable plates and cutlery – including drinking straws. All cutlery used by market stalls must be made from FSC-assured wood.
- Disposable single-serving sachets, like those used for sauces or sugar, are not supplied or available anywhere on-site.
- All bags used to collect compostable food waste are made of compostable cornstarch and processed into compost.
Promotion of sustainable practices.
- All coffee, tea and drinking chocolate sold on site must be Fair Trade, and sugar must be either Fair Trade or British.
OUR ENERGY POLICY
Global climate change continues to present the biggest threat to our planet. Here at Maidenhead Festival we are committed to reducing greenhouse emissions and using clean energy sources whenever possible.
Prioritising clean energy.
- We are actively reducing the number of diesel generators used on site and increasing the operational efficiency of those that cannot be avoided.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
For Maidenhead Festival to be sustainable, we all have a duty to make sure the land on which it stands is looked after. With over 10,000 people visiting Kidwells Park, reducing the impact Maidenhead Festival has on the environment is a huge task. And it is one which we are devoted to.
But we simply can’t do it without you. With your help we can do even more to bring down our greenhouse gas emissions. With over 10,000 people at the Festival, these are small steps that bring us closer to a greener, cleaner world.
There are many ways in which you can help us to protect our environment and the future of Maidenhead Festival, such as:
- Please use our recycling bins. It is not okay to drop litter on the ground. Help us by placing your waste into the correct recycling bins.
- Please only use what you need. If every Festival-goer used four napkins instead of one, there would be an extra 40,000 napkins wasted unnecessarily.
- Please use public transport, cycle or car-share to Maidenhead Festival. Car exhaust is still the greatest contributor to global climate change. Help to reduce our carbon footprint.
- Please bring a reusable water bottle. These can be filled for free at the newly installed bottle fillers in Kidwells Park.
- Please use water responsibly. Turn off taps and help us use water efficiently.
- Please dispose of cigarette butts responsibly. If they are thrown on the land, they leach chemicals into the soil and local water supplies.
- Save energy at home. While you’re at Maidenhead Festival, unplug non-essential appliances and switch off unnecessary lights. Please also consider using LED light bulbs and switching to an energy supplier that commits to clean, renewable energy sources.
