Glastonbury Festival Green Policies

Glasto Green Policies

Glastonbury Festival was found in 1970 when the problem of climate change and importance of environmental protection was not yet discovered. However even then we were trying to think 'green', using natural products and materials from the farm.

It is well known that holding any festival direct impact on the environment. Glasto is being held once a year in the middle of the growing season that also prevents the use of environmentally damaging conventional farming practices which would have a more intrusive impact on the ecology. We are trying to keep our impact on the environment as positive as possible and minimising all negative aspects. Therefore we established Glastonbury Festival Green Policies to minimise negative impact on nature and maintain rich and diverse environment thet has evolved through alternative lend usage.

The List of Our Green Policies

Maintain the high level of bio-diversity that was found on the festival site by the independent bio-diversity audit carried by Liz Biron of Somerset Environmental Records Centre in 2003. The festival aims to further increase this level by continuing its commitment to protecting vulnerable habitats

Use developed composting intitative to minimise the amount of waste that goes to landfill and manage the on site collection of that waste efficiently, “reduce, reuse and recycle”

Use renewable power and low energy solutions

Recruit volunteers for the Recycling Crew at Glastonbury

All the wood used by the festival is locally sourced and wherever possible it is Forest Stewardship Certified (FSC) suppliers, ensuring it is sustainable sourced.

The festival is the biggest single regular donor to Greenpeace and offers a fertile recruitment ground for members and for promoting environmental campaigns

All the Glastonbury festival t-shirts are printed using water based (non-pvc) inks and dying is carried out using vegetable dyes

Traders – all cutlery used by market stalls must be wood, not plastic. All cups and plates are made from a compostable material. Truck movement has been reduced by having an onsite wholesale market.

All products from traiders must be fair-trade

We also want all festival goers to think 'zero waste' and encourage visitors to use green ways of travelling and help us in protecting the environment. To know more about visitors green initiatives and volunteer opportunities visit our Go Green with Us section!