These events are joining forces to stop environmental damage
Amelia Ward
Date published: 3rd May 2018
Image: Lost Village Festival (source)
Summer is nearly here, and if there's one thing most festival goers can agree on, it's their love of glitter - there's something special about getting sparkly with your mates to the soundtrack of your favourite music.
It's also notoriously difficult to get rid of, (see above!) but is that the biggest problem it brings? Well, apparently not. We all saw David Attenborough's harrowing coverage of where our litter ends up, and according to experts, micro plastics can mean big trouble for the environment. Previously banned face washes, and lovely sparkly glitter, contain tiny particles which easily slip through filtration systems, ending up in oceans, waiting to get ingested by unsuspecting marine life.
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Step forward the Association of Independent Festivals. Their campaign, #DrasticOnPlastic, will see vendors prohibited from selling single use plastic on site by 2021, including plastic bottles, straws, food trays, and of course glitter.
The 61 festivals include some of the UK's best known events, with Bestival, Kendal Calling and Festival No 6, all supporting the initiative, as well as the below.
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 Calling
Strawberries & Creem
Sunflowerfest
SWN Festival
Tramlines
Truck
Twisterella
Underneath the Stars
Vicars Picnic
Victorious
Village Green
Y-Not
Although ticket holders will not be banned from bringing glitter in to festivals, they will be encouraged to buy bio-degradable alternatives, which are widely available with a quick Google search.
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