![]() “Of course some festival fans will always leave rubbish behind, but that’s something that we continually have to push hard against. As festival organisers, we need to promote the need to do well. We’ve much more focus on people taking their waste away. He continued: “That’s an improvement in bio-fuels, getting rid of single-use plastic, having much more of a focus on upcycling, recycling and re-energising. At Download, as with all Festival Republic events, we’re very much focussed on it.” “We had the pandemic which took people’s attention from it, as has the terrible invasion of Ukraine, but it doesn’t take away the need to focus on the environment. “It’s probably the most urgent thing that the planet is facing,” he said. ![]() Of the festival’s attention to environmental matters, Benn argued that this was “a big issue for every festival” – including the other events he runs including Latitude, Wireless and Reading & Leeds. “People come and they’re completely loyal. ![]()
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