This year’s Yours and Owls festival is the second major Australian music event to forgo single-use plastics this year, following Splendour In The Grass’ recent plastic-free festival initiative.
The eco-conscious initiative will see Yours and Owls replacing all plastic straws, water bottles, cutlery and takeaway food containers with reusable and compostable alternatives, replacing over 15, 000 single-use plastic items over the period of the two-day festival.
Yours and Owls has a history of introducing systems of reducing waste, last year revealing a container refund station set up by Plastic Free Wollongong and Blue Citizen which saw punters returning over 50,000 cans and 25,000 cups.
“The stance by Yours and Owls will set a benchmark for how festivals and events in the area can run successfully while minimising their impact on the local environment, it is something the entire community will celebrate,” says Andy Gray from Plastic Free Wollongong.
As well as reducing harmful waste, Yours and Owls will also take a pro-active approach in bettering the environment through partnering with Wollongong City Council to host a day of tree planting and bush regeneration. For further incentive to roll up your sleeves and get involved with the regeneration program, set to take place on August 16, Yours and Owls are offering the chance for twenty lucky tree planters to nab tickets to this year’s sold out festival.
