1. Festival Recycling behind the scenes

2. Not this!!

3. “recycling” at SFF in 2014

4. 2015 RECYCLING begins On site waste sorting- community engagement
Food, paper and cardboard, plastic, metals, glass
Reducing volume of waste sent to landfill by 75%
Further reductions by setting standards for materials used by traders
Clients: Ludlow Food Festival, Hay Arts Festival, Llangollen Eisteddfod, Ludlow Spring Festival, Ludlow Medieval Fayre, Shrewsbury Folk Festival

5. 2016 volunteering with ZWE

6. Bin set

7. Camper identifies correct recycling bin...

9. Food Traders - waste food caddy with yellow liner

10. Green reusable bags for dry recycling
Clear bags for
easy sorting

11. Trader upcycling cans….

12. Recycling HQ

13. Trader food waste

14. Collected bags from bins

15. Bags to sort by hand

16. Sorting

17. Sorted cardboard

18. Happy in our work…

19. Glass in skip for collection

20. Sorted plastic and cans for collection

21. Final tally 2016 1.2 tonnes 2.5 tonnes 0.08 tonnes 3.12 tonnes
For processing into HDPE, PET and LDPE and then lower grade plastics
2.5 tonnes
0.08 tonnes
3.12 tonnes
1.3 tonnes compostable material sent to AD +

22. And…. + 0.1 tonnes 4.78 tonnes to PG Skips 0.1 tonnes items
to Printwaste to split out paper
and plastic components for recycling
4.78 tonnes to PG Skips
0.1 tonnes items
sent for reuse various
given to ARK homeless charity
4 to Dogs Trust for
pet bedding

23. SFF - working towards best practice
Upstream sorting
Design improvement for easier recycling
Range of behaviour
Educate
Make it easy
Encourage good practice eg wooden cutlery
Nudge eg clear bags
Bar - £1 deposit plastic beer glasses
Challenges….

24. this...

25. Questions? Contacts and Links Zero Waste Events www.zwevents.org.uk
Make Wealth History
Questions?