Shell NZ Zero Waste

ZERO WASTE

Shell and WOMAD are both committed to ensuring our event is not only a spectacular celebration of international culture but also an example of environmental success. Everyone involved with the festival (from the artists performing to the public attending) are encouraged to embrace the festival’s zero waste goals. WOMAD NZ’s commitment is to reduce our event’s waste to landfill by optimising recycling and composting. Zero waste means more space, better air, soil and water quality along with less resources being used in the future. By protecting our environment now, future generations can also enjoy this beautiful world. You’ll notice a multifaceted approach is used, integrating the four R’s of waste minimisation (reduce, reuse, recycle and rethink).

YOU CAN HELP!

In order to achieve our waste minimisation target, all food and drink products sold at WOMAD, are served in recyclable, reusable or compostable containers. Please visit one of our friendly volunteers at our Zero Waste stations so we can compost and recycle as much of your waste as possible.

ZERO WASTE IS EASY!

There are three types of colour coded bins at WOMAD NZ.

COMPOST

All food waste, food containers and wooden utensils, coffee cups. These are all made from compostable cardboard or cardboard-like materials, corn, sugar cane or potato starch.

Our amazing team of Zero Waste volunteers are on hand to help if you’re unsure!

RECYCLE

Plastic bottles, plastic drinking cups numbered 1-7 within the recycling triangle can be recycled in New Plymouth. Aluminium and tin cans. Cardboard and paper Recycling must be clean i.e. no traces of food on or inside.

LANDFILL

Although there will be general rubbish bins on-site, please take home with you any non-recyclable materials which you bring in to the festival.

In 2017 WOMAD will deliver our world class Shell Zero Waste programme with the help of the Glass Packaging Forum and Beyond the Bin. Racecourse campers and glampers will for the second year have access to recycling and composting. Campers can separate their glass into different colours. Plastics, aluminium cans and compostable waste like food scraps will also be collected and made into compost within the Taranaki region. When different coloured glass is broken and mixed together it makes it near-impossible to recycle back into glass bottles and jars in New Zealand. By separating the different colours it means a green bottle can become another green bottle etc, improving local recycling rates and contributing to NZ’s circular economy! WOMAD and Beyond the Bin are committed to continually improving the Shell Zero Waste programme and optimising our glass recovery rates, leading the way in zero waste events. Continuing its support of Zero Waste and Tiaki te Mauri o Parininihi Trust, Shell NZ is raising funds through the sale of reusable WOMAD coffee cups (for more information check out page 20). All funds raised will help the Trust’s efforts to bring ko -kako back to Taranaki.

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