Festival tent abandonment creates 875 tonnes of waste each year

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Late stage capitalism has cheerfully expanded the definition of disposability, to the point where people will fork out forty quid for a tent then disown it after three days’ use. Take your tent home please An estimated 250,000 tents are abandoned at festivals across the UK each year. This amounts to roughly 875 tonnes of camping equipment. With less than three weeks until Reading and Leeds Festival returns, the litter experts at Divert.co.uk are urging campers to plan how they will get their equipment home. Last year, the Reading site alone generated 584.3 tonnes of waste, which is 17% less than…

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