Green Man Festival 2024

Back to where it all started for the RPU – it seems crazy that we only launched the RPU at the Green Man Festival 2023. So much has happened since, we were sure it must have been more than a year!
This year was a big one for Green Man – following the introduction of the new workplace recycling laws in Wales earlier this year, it was vital that we separated recyclables into several different streams so it could be managed efficiently.

We introduced a new recycling point and signage system and a conveyor-fed picking line, as well as our machines to compact and bale the resultant materials. We also brought in Swansea University’s Applied Research for Circular Solutions (ARCS) team, to test various designs of recycling points to determine how best to improve recycling rates at large events.

The very nature of these large events makes it tricky to meet the Waste Separation Requirements (Wales) – as so much is dependent on the attitudes of the individual festival goers across the site. However, we managed it, and the feedback from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has been that they were ‘extremely impressed’.

A Greener Future (AGF), the industry experts in events sustainability, were also onsite at Green Man and took a close look at our behind-the-scenes waste handling operation.

Green Man has since been shortlisted for a UK Greener Festival Award which we’re delighted about!