Tramlines Festival 2010

Festival pledges to reduce environmental impact

Last year’s Tramlines saw over 400 litres of paper, 2080 litres of plastic and 560 litres of aluminium recycled from the outdoor element of the festival alone – and that’s before you count what each of the 35 venues recycled.

Sustainability is back on the agenda this year, with Sheffield Is My Planet getting involved to help reduce the environmental impact the festival has on the city. The partnership will see the festival’s carbon footprint reduced, while encouraging festival goers to change their behaviour for the better.

Initiatives include:

• A solar powered headphone disco on Devonshire Green (between 6-10pm on Saturday 24 July and Sunday 25 July).
• Cheap accommodation for festival goers via Unite.
• Carbon pledges – take a shower instead of a bath or recycle those empty beer bottles, for instance. See Sheffield Is My Planet’s website for more.
• The use of recycled and recyclable print wherever possible, and Biodiesel to power the site’s generators.
• Major recycling areas at all of the outdoor stages, and a daily recycling programme for the indoor venues and traders.

With your help, we can make Tramlines as environmentally friendly as possible – do your bit!