[People arriving to festival]
Alexia Loundras (interview): “I mean, the most sustainable thing is not to have a festival at all, but once you’ve got people here, we do try our best to be as light as we can on the land. We ask people to come by public transport. We ask them to think about how many – you know, fill their cars if they can’t manage on public transport. We put on free shuttle buses from the local train station to make it easier for people to do that. And when they’re on site, you know, we ask them to be respectful. We ask them not leave litter on the ground and to use our waste bins. And we hand-sort all our recycling onsite in our onsite recycling center, which means that we can avoid sending any waste to landfill. So we’re really proud of what we’ve managed here and our facilities. It’s really good.”
[Recycling at the festival]
Alexia Loundras (interview): “Sustainability has always been at the heart of Glastonbury Festival. Our Green Fields have always run on solar and wind power since their inception in the 1980s, and it’s been that fossil-free as standard we’ve been trying to implement across the site since then, and it’s been baby steps. But this year we’re really pleased that all of Glastonbury Festival power needs can be met through renewable fuels and renewable energy.”
[Solar technology at the festival]
Alexia Loundras (interview): “Yeah, that’s run on sustainable palm free oil, HVO fuel. So that has 90% less, up to 90% less emissions than a fossil fuel would do, which gives it still that, you know, we’ve still got a fire show here, but we can keep it sustainable.”
[Wind turbine]
Alexia Loundras (interview): “Yeah, we have a fantastic new wind turbine which provides about the same amount of energy as you would need for 30 homes to be powered in the day. So we use that to power other markets down by Carhenge.”
[Pedal powered stage sign]
[Solar powered café sign]
Alexia Loundras (interview): “Well, we’re encouraging people to see the, you know, the impact that they can have. You know, if you cycle, you know, you create energy, but it’s all about understanding your footprint here at Glastonbury. We want people to understand that, you know, energy does not come for free. You know, do not waste water, because if you waste water, that’s energy cleaning that water. It’s all about adding things up and maybe taking this information home with you, maybe changing the way you live at home, maybe turn off your tap when you’re brushing your teeth. It’s the little things that will make a big difference in this world. And we hope that when people come here and they see that actually it is achievable, that we’re giving hope to society, I guess.”
[The festival]
This script was provided by The Associated Press.