CarFest Sustainability & Waste Management Policy

In all back of house locations you must use the correct bins for cardboard, food and general waste. Anyone found not using the correct bins will be fined. If you are unclear on which bin to place items in, place collectively in a separate bag for collection back of house, splitting cardboard, food waste and general waste (everything else).

Always check the labels on the bins. CarFest endeavour to label everything correctly.

Waste must be kept separated into the following waste streams:

  • Cardboard

  • Food Waste

  • Cooking Oil

  • Wood/Timber

  • Cans/Metal/Glass/General Waste

Cardboard:

  • Cardboard boxes and large amounts of cardboard must be flattened and put into the back of house sacks or taken to the main onsite cardboard recycling skips.

  • Do not put cardboard into the 1100L wheelie bins or mix with General Waste.

Food Waste:

  • This includes peelings, scraps, unwanted/unsold cooked food..

  • Do not put any major bulk food waste e.g. animal carcasses into any of the bins. Contact Production for a special collection if required.

  • Do not put cooking oil in any of the large or small wheelie bins.

  • Do not put rubber gloves, tin foil or blue roll into the food waste bins - these must all go into General Waste.

Cooking Oil:

  • All waste cooking oil must be taken away by the concessions after the event, otherwise you will incur a fine.

  • Do not put used cooking oil in any of the bins or skips onsite.

Wood/Timber:

  • ALL pallets and timber must be taken away by the concessions after the event.

  • Do not put used pallets or timber in any of the bins or skips on site.

General Waste:

The general waste bins are for all other types waste.  Please check the label on the bin. Waste you can put in these bins includes:

  • Contaminated paper/wipes/tissues

  • Plastic wrappers

  • Shrink wrap

  • Contaminated food packaging

  • Plastic containers

  • Polystyrene

  • PPE

  • Anything that does not go into the cardboard or food waste bins

Waste Collection

Do not put waste in the front of house bins in the mornings, prior to the event opening. Use the back of house bins provided.

If you have any questions about which bin to use or require a specialist waste collection, please visit the Production Office.

If the bins need emptying please visit the Production Office and log with the Operations Team at the earliest opportunity.

Items that must NOT be placed in any bins and recycled/disposed separately:

  • Batteries

  • Electrical goods

  • Hot ash/charcoal

  • Fuels

  • Cooking oils

  • Wood

Paper Cup Scheme

CarFest are operating a Paper Cup Scheme at our main event bars. Any drinks that are served in a paper cup the price will include a 10p deposit. If the customer brings back the paper cup back to the nearest refund point they will get the 10p back!
This scheme is in place to promote sustainability by putting the cups through the correct waste channels, rather than them falling into general waste.

Traders & Caterers Sustainable Servewear Policy

CarFest has banned all single-use plastic items for serveware from the event and alternatives must be found.

  • If it looks like plastic it will be classed as plastic. Items made from PLA and other ‘bio-plastics’ that look like regular plastic are not acceptable. This type of material requires collecting and treating separately in special facilities and we do not have the capacity to do this.

  • All concessions must adhere to the serveware and packaging guidelines.

  • Sugar, salt & pepper and sauces must not be available in single sachets, use only refillable containers.

  • All traders must use the recycling and waste collection systems provided behind their stalls.

  • No plastic bags will be given out or sold at the event (reusable bags/bags for life or similar only).

Please note that failure to adhere to any of the above will affect applications to trade at future events.

We aim to reduce waste where possible and reuse as much as we can. Serveware is generally not recyclable due to being covered in food waste.  All serveware including cutlery, plates, meal boxes etc. must be one of the types shown below:

  • Reusable Cups and Serveware

  • Wooden cutlery – spoons, forks and knives

  • Paper plates, bowls, trays and boxes made from (in order of preference):

    • 100% recycled fibre

    • Uncoated paper & card (i.e. no plastic lining)

    • Compostable products (e.g. Vegware)

    • Wooden stirrers and paper straws

Banned serveware types:

  • No single-use plastic serveware

  • No PLA/bioplastic

  • No expanded polystyrene

  • No plastic cutlery or straws (including biodegradable plastics)

  • No single sachet servings of salt, pepper, sugar or sauces. Refillable containers only.

  • No single use plastic bags (reusable or paper bags only)

If you have any queries about whether you are using the correct materials contact us for further advice or see below for some examples/options of products that can be used onsite.

Reusable:

https://govino.com/

https://www.helloprint.co.uk/ecoplasticcups

Single Use:

https://www.vegware.com/uk-en/catalogue/

https://www.nisbets.co.uk/consumables/eco-friendly-disposables/_/a33-2