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Ban disposable "Festival Tents"

Submitted on Wednesday 8th May 2019

Published on Monday 10th June 2019

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 6th November 2019

Signatures: 32

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Ban disposable "Festival Tents"

Petition Details

Disposable "festival tents" should be banned to help prevent almost 900 tonnes of plastic waste each year, festival organisers have said.
A group of more than 60 independent festivals across the UK have urged retailers to stop marketing and selling tents as single-use items.

Additional Information

Festival-goers are also being urged to take their tents home with them at the end of the event.

An estimated 250,000 tents are left at music festivals across the UK each year. Many are not collected by charities and can't be recycled so instead end up in landfill sites.

The average tent is made largely of plastic and weighs 3.5kg - the equivalent of 8,750 straws. A four-man tent can be picked up on the high street for as little as £30.
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