UK music festivals like Bloodstock, 2000 Trees, ArcTanGent, Cropredy, and way more are all about saving the Earth recently. According to a report from Louder Sound, over 60 UK music festivals have vowed to ban single-use plastic on their grounds by 2021. As a start, all the below festivals have announced they will not be using plastic straws on their site, and plan to ban more and more until they're completely free of it by 2021.
Here's what Association Of Independent Festivals CEO Paul Reed had to say about the move in conjunction with the RAW Foundation.
"It is encouraging and inspiring that so many AIF members have taken this initiative and pledge on-board without hesitation and are taking a collective stand against single-use plastic.
“This is one of the most critical issues facing our businesses and wider society. By working together as an industry and taking affirmative action, we can make a tangible difference.”
Here's the full list of festivals that plan on banning plastic, and we're hoping to see more metal festivals on there as it grows!
2000 Trees
Ampthill Festival
ArcTanGent
Barn on the Farm
Beat-Herder Festival
Belladrum Tartan Heart
Bestival
Bloodstock
Bluedot
Boardmasters
Boomtown
Burning Lantern/Brecon Jazz
Camp Bestival
Common People
Deer Shed
Eisteddfod
El Dorado
Elderflower Fields
Electric Fields
End of the Road
Cropredy
Festival No 6
Festival of Voice
Field Day
Fire in the Mountain
Garage Nation
Greenbelt
Green Gathering
Handmade Festival
Hanwell Hootie
Heb Celt
Just So
Kendal Calling
Kew the Music
Larmer Tree
Liverpool Sound City
Lost Village
London Remixed
Magical Festival
Meltdown
Mint Street
Nozstock
Oxjam
Oxted Beer & Music
Pangaea
Pete the Monkey
Rewind Festival
Shambala
Starry Skies
Standon Callin
Strawberries & Creem
Sunflowerfest
SWN Festival
Tramlines
Truck
Twisterella
Underneath the Stars
Vicars Picnic
Victorious
Village Green
Y-Not
[via Metal Hammer]
