Our green policies



With our history firmly rooted in activism and our profound connection with our rural heritage, all of us at Glastonbury Festival are passionately committed to creating a cleaner, more fair, sustainable future for all.

Here are a few things we’re proud to have achieved on our journey so far. We will continue to embrace new, innovative technology to help us further reduce our impact on our environment and hope we can also inspire more sustainable changes in the world we live in.

Here’s how you can help us to protect our environment and the future of the Festival.

  • Please use the toilets provided. Peeing on the land or in the rivers contaminates the local water supply, killing wildlife and seriously compromises the future of the Festival.
  • Please use our recycling bins. It is not okay to drop litter on the ground. Help us by placing your waste into the correct recycling bins.
  • Please only use what you need. If every Festival-goer used four napkins instead of one, there would be an extra 450,000 napkins wasted unnecessarily.
  • Take your tent and equipment home with you. Nothing should be considered disposable so please only bring equipment that is built to last.
  • Please use public transport, cycle or car-share to Glastonbury Festival. Car exhaust is still the greatest contributor to global climate change. Join the 40 percent of Festival-goers that travel to the Festival by public transport and help to reduce our carbon footprint.
  • Please bring a reusable water bottle. These can be filled for free at all of our taps and WaterAid kiosks across the Festival site.
  • Please do not bring environmentally damaging items such as disposable vapes or non-biodegradable body glitter.
  • Please use water responsibly. Turn off taps and help us use water efficiently.
  • Please do not bring in glass or other prohibited items such as paper lanterns. They cause fires and harm the cattle that live on the land.

Beyond the farm

Our commitment to protect our environment – to use its resources responsibly and to reduce our ecological footprint – also extends beyond the physical boundaries of the Festival. Over the last few decades, we’ve donated millions of pounds to our partners at Greenpeace, Oxfam and WaterAid, who all do invaluable work to meet the urgent needs of our planet. Those donations wouldn’t be possible without all of you who buy our tickets, and the support of the thousands of volunteers who give their time to these good causes at the Festival.

Please take a moment to read through our energy, waste and ecological policies and learn how we are working towards a more sustainable future, and the vital role you can play in helping us to achieve that.

Love the Farm, leave no trace.

 

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