Look Out For Our Planet

Our Look Out for Our Planet campaign invites everyone who attends Pepsi MAX presents Reading Festival to take the Planet Pledge. This is a call to action, encouraging every festivalgoer to step up and make sustainability a shared priority alongside the festival organisers.

By attending the festival, you pledge to;

• Consider green travel options‍
• Thrift your outfit - buy your festival outfit second hand or reuse something you already own.
• Eat a plant-based meal.
• Use the bins provided, separate your waste, and don't drop litter.
• Visit Climate Live or the No Music on a Dead Planet stand.

If you are camping, you pledge to;

• Take your tent and camping gear home.
• Bag up your camping waste and take it to the recycling points.
• Drop any leftover non-perishable food to the air hubs for redistribution.

Remember your Planet Pledge and Look Out for Our Planet!

What WE are doing to Look Out for Our Planet

Energy

Pepsi MAX presents Reading Festival is powered with Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel which is 100% fossil-fuel free.

We have the target of reducing our carbon emissions by 50% by 2030, and how we power Pepsi MAX presents Reading Festival is a significant proportion of these emissions.

Travel

We encourage everyone travelling to Pepsi MAX presents Reading Festival to consider low-carbon travel options such as public transport.

Plastic

We are reducing single use plastic. Water and soft drinks are served in cans, our cups are paper, and no virgin single use plastic is used (any plastic we have is made from recycled content).

All food packaging and cutlery is 100% compostable.

Bulk condiment bottles must be used by our food vendors instead of single-use sachets.

Recycling

We provide bins across the festival to separate waste and encourage recycling. In 2025, 87% of festival waste was recycled or composted.

A 10p deposit is included on cups, cans and bottle sales to encourage their return for recycling.

We provide free recycling bags to all campers, and run our Recycle to Win Initiative, entering customers who recycle and keep clean camps into an amazing prize draw.

We redistribute leftover food to food banks.

Festival Republic is part of Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s leading live entertainment company. As set out in our Green Nation Sustainability Charter,  Festival Republic recognises our responsibility to preserve the live music experience for generations to come, and our opportunity to inspire climate action at our events.

Music Festivals have an impact on the environment because of the transport taken, energy used, waste generated, water used, as well as the food and drink consumed. The Show Must Go On Report 2020 shows that the biggest impacts are travel, energy and waste.

Our Sustainability Charter sets out how we deliver against our Green Nation charter commitments, and how we use our platform to inspire global environmental action.

We are proud to be one of the Vision for Sustainable Events festivals, collaborating with the wider live events industry, and have committed to reducing our carbon emissions.

In 2019, we worked very closely with Julie’s Bicycle while they ran the Creative Green assessment. We were very pleased to have been awarded 5 out of 5 stars.

LOOK OUT FOR OUR PLANET AND TAKE YOUR TENT HOME!

‍In 2025, 68% of tents were taken home, and we know we can improve on this year to year with your help.

Buy a durable tent that you can use again each year, it will save you money in the long run – Check out our ultimate Tent Guide for more information.

Only bring what you can take home with you. When packing ready for the festival weekend, remember to pack wisely and only bring essential items. Check out our essential packing guide.

The reality is that abandoned tents are sent to energy from waste because it is impossible to recycle or reuse them. If you have any broken tents chairs, gazebos, batteries, unopened tins of food after the festival, please take them to the Recycling Points.

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Our message is Look Out for Our Planet and take your tents home.

Salvage applications for 2026 are now open. Please apply to salvage by completing this application form here

If you have any questions, please reach out to salvagers@festivalrepublic.com

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