I was so shocked to see how many people left their belongings, but it was even more shocking that it was normal for everyone online," she said.
“Everyone is really tired after a multi-day festival, but I didn’t think people were that lazy or careless.”
I’m suprised she’s surprised.
Research by Green Music Australia has found one in every three tents taken to a music festival is left behind.
Holy crap. That would never occur to me - to leave a tent behind. I can’t even
wtf are they made of money?
Tents are cheap: https://www.aussiedisposals.com.au/camping/tents/dome-tents.html
$40. And these tents likely won’t survive multiple uses anyway.
They are still grubs for leaving them behind.
Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.
What if we just move the tents outside the environment?
It’s one of those rare occasions where it would be better for the environment if “festival tents” were made out of “cardboard” or “cardboard derivatives…”
Eh, that still wastes the energy used to process the material, so still unideal. But probably better?
Could change the model so that the festival provides the tents for $0 (or some tiny fee), but with a $500 bond. Trash the tent, lose $500, look after it and it gets re-used next festival.
