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Recycling

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

• Hybrid vehicles provided by Zipcar for festival transport

• We encourage participants to walk or bike to the event by providing adequate free bike parking

• A comprehensive recycling program for all festival participants has been developed in conjunction with graduate students from The Illinois Institute of Techonology’s Environmental Management Program.

• 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
Aluminum Cans

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……

N 2009, WE RECYCLED 46% OF THE TOTAL WASTE GENERATED AT THE EVENT. OUR 2010 GOAL IS TO RAISE THIS TO OVER 50% OF ALL WASTE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILLS. AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!! IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND, PLEASE RECYCLE.
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