RECYCLE


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……


IN 2007, WE RECYCLED OVER 7 TONS OF WASTE, EQUAL TO ONE THIRD OF ALL WASTE GENERATED AT THE EVENT. OUR 2008 GOAL IS TO RAISE THIS TO 50% OF ALL WASTE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILLS.
IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND, PLEASE RECYCLE!!!

 

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