Our Efforts in Sustainability
By PONY
Improvement is an important part of life and making even the smallest positive change is essential for our survival. We work enthusiastically to become more conscious and eco-friendly every year, which can be challenging in a maze of state rules and sanitary regulations.
Some of our achieved goals so far are the garbage selection on the festival grounds, for reusing materials to make great new products, the installation of the green toilets that contribute to the fertilization of the neighbouring corn fields, and the principle of reusing materials in the building and decoration work in the festival.
Finally, this year we took another step towards our goal and switched to sustainable, biodegradable corn glasses, leaving the old plastic ones behind. It might seem as a small adjustment, but it makes us happy, knowing that we are finally able to decrease the plastic usage of our gathering, and gives us a reinforced zest to continue working towards a completely green & environment-friendly future. You can recognise these glasses by the Ozorian Labyrinth logo at the bars.
We hope that you share our happiness and thank you for being a part of it!
If you would like to help us preserve the natural values as an individual, then check out our tip list for a greener festival experience:
- Look after your tools, lighters, glasses, etc, so you don’t need to buy more of them
- Instead of sugary soft drinks, drink water that is much healthier and more useful for hydration in the heat waves
- Bring your own bottle to one of the water taps to fill them, the tap water is drinkable
- You can also buy nicely designed festival flask at the shop that you can refill and keep as a souvenir of your Ozorian adventures
- When you party, use the garbage bags that are put all around the wooden pillars, and use the one that you got at the gates, when you are resting at your camp
- If it fills up, ask one from our cleaners or at the info point, they are going to get you set again
- As cigarette butts are very difficult to collect and they are poisonous for the environment, please always use the pocket ashtray that you received at the gates
- Last but not least, please do not leave your camping equipment behind at the end of the festival.
Keep the mantra of a sustainable future in your heart and mind: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
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