The Pitchfork Music Festival takes our responsibility to the environment seriously, and encourages our audience to do the same. A few steps taken to help insure that our footprint is minimized for this year’s event include the following:
• All generators run on bio-diesel fuel
• All Goose Island beer cups made from a biodegradable corn-based material
• Hybrid vehicles provided by Zipcar for festival transport
• Encourage participants to walk or bike to the event by providing adequate free bike parking
• A comprehensive recycling program for all festival participants developed in conjunction with graduate students from The Illinois Institute of Techonology’s Environmental Management Program. As part of this program, students will publish a case study that focuses on recycling strategies at large events for use by other event organizers.
• Recyclable materials collected from festival vendors will include:
Cardboard
Plastic Cups
Plastic Bottles
Aluminum Cans
Paper waste
• Recyclable materials collected from festival-goers will include:
Plastic Cups
Plastic Bottles
Paper Waste
Compostable/biodegrable Goose Island beer cups
These items can be recycled in any of 80 single-stream recycling containers located throughout the grounds.
• A recycling store, where festival-goers can exchange recyclable materials for t-shirts, posters, and other festival related schwag……