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– and even the performers.“ As artists, we want to be doing this forever,” says Hunny, the performer who opened the main stage at LIDO.“ And as customers at the festival, we want to be able to go to festivals forever. So we need to make it sustainable and be resourceful.”
Waste management For most regular festival-goers, waste is a familiar sight – overflowing bins, abandoned cups, sometimes the infamous sea of discarded tents. But for LIDO, waste management is an integrated process – both visible and invisible to attendees.
“ We’ ve reduced our waste streams to just two: cans and compostables,” Sam explains. Every food and drink item sold on site is served in fully compostable packaging, from napkins to trays to cutlery.“ All food waste and packaging go into one bin and are sent to commercial composters. Cans, meanwhile, can be infinitely recycled.”
AEG EUROPE
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AEG Europe is a world leading entertainment company with an extensive portfolio of entertainment and sports venues. It also manages and promotes concerts and tours around the world, centered by its passion for people.
Partnerships amplify impact. LIDO works with Every Can Counts, a not-forprofit initiative focused on aluminium can recycling, to educate fans and ensure cans reach the correct destination.“ We even have people hand-sorting bins to keep contamination low and recycling rates high,” Sam says.
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