No Direction Home and Complete Wasters

[Completewasters]

No Direction Home, like a complete unknown like a Complete Waster.

Just back from a lovely couple of days playing around with bins, as the site starts to build, cant wait to get back there next week.

Thought I would take the chance to let you know what Complete Wasters will be up to at the festival and what'll be available for your rubbish and recycling needs.

On the main site we will have plenty of Recycling Points, these will include a blue bin for plastic bottles, and yellow bin for cans and (I'm afraid a little confusingly) green bins for general waste (this material will go to a waste to energy process rather than landfill). Plastic cups will be made from recycled plastic and we're looking for your help collecting them, so they can be recycled again, by stacking them on the designated posts.

Although we are diverting waste from landfill we still want and need to recycle as much as possible so hope you can help us with our endeavours.

On the campsite there will be a few of these recycling points for those that want to sort their recycling as they go or there will be places to leave green bags of recycling and large bits of clean cardboard (although take a minute to think whether you need to bring any cardboard packaging with you if you've just bought new equipment). Remember there is no glass allowed on site.

Smokers, please dispose of the cigarette butts responsibly. there will be Butt Bins by the entrancies to tented areas and there will be tubs available to act as portable ashtrays.

Look out for our litter pickers and be sure to give them a smile. Also look out for our Groovy Record Workshop making decorated mirrors and picture frames from old vinyl records, great fun for all ages.

(sorry for epic post!)

Edited June 1, 2012 by Completewasters

[Completewasters]

Now back, and pretty much recovered from a great weekend at No Direction Home. I wont lie it was a tough start with the bad weather, a few volunteer drop outs (perhaps not entirely unrelated) and getting to grips with a new site, but with the incredible volunteers, supportive site crew and a crowd that understood what bins are for (not always as given), we were soon up and running with great results.

As we were short on volunteers, the volunteers we did have worked incredibly hard, many doing extra hours and offering to do even more if required to help us out. They were rewarded with some of the finest crew catering ever encountered.

Our Groovy Record Workshop went really well as well, and hopefully will be in attendance at End of the Road.

[killyourtv]

You all did a great job, particularly given the swamp-like conditions which must have made it a bit unpleasant. Many thanks.

[staffop]

Tidiest festival i've been too, great to see acres of grass rather than trash..... Really well done by all

[Fareham Grecian]

Yes great work by all the staff. I noticed several times people going through the general waste bins looking for recyclables. Most festival goers responded to the overall cleanliness too.

[baroquepop]

The site was exceptionally clean, a credit to complete wasters, the site organisers and of course the civilised festival-goers. Even in the mid-throng area of the Lake Stage the ground seemed litter-free as indeed it really should be. Well done to Complete Wasters, good to know you were well looked after.

[Completewasters]

Thanks for the kind comments, much appreciated. Crowd (and caterers and traders) were all very good in using the facilities provided and helping us maintain a litter free site, I wish all events could be like this!

If you want to know what we're up to the rest of the summer and might be tempted to get involved http://completewastersevents.wufoo.com/forms/complete-wasters-events-application/

Summer Sundae

http://completewastersevents.wufoo.com/forms/complete-wasters-at-summer-sundae-weekender-2012/

[Furrbags]

Your team did an absolutely fantastic job at NDH. Utterly impressed on how clean the whole place was. Completewasters rule!