Eco Campsite – Green

The Reading Eco Campsite GREEN is back again! The Eco Campsite is for like-minded people who want to make a difference: You live life with the planet in mind, and want to stay in a clean, green field for a festival you’ll remember.

To stay in the Eco Camp every guest has to sign up to the following principles:

1. All guests agree to respect their fellow campers: Be inclusive and curious, talk about what is important to you, and enjoy the festival together.
2. All guests agree to respect the environment by protecting biodiversity and avoiding littering: Separate your recyclable materials, use the toilets provided, and don’t cause excess waste.
3. All guests agree to leave the campsite exactly as they found it: Everyone here has joined the call, take your tent home, and show the way forward.

Create Your Future. Stay in the Reading Eco Campsite Green in 2024.

Approximate Distances to Gates from Eco Campsite – GREEN:

• Eco camp Green Camp is closest to Public Transport drop off locations
• Green Gate (0.2km), for pedestrians or boat passengers from Green Car Park
• Red Gate (0.4km), for pedestrians or shuttle bus, coach, train, taxi, or Pick Up Drop Off passengers.
• White Gate (3km), for customers parked in White Car Park

*NOTE: In order to access EITHER Eco Campsite, persons must also hold a valid weekend ticket to Rockstar Energy presents Reading Festival 2024, as such it is understood that you must adhere to the festival Terms and Conditions. You will be given an additional Eco Campsite – WHITE or Eco Campsite – GREEN wristband to access the area which you have booked to stay in.

You cannot use an Eco Campsite – GREEN ticket or wristband in the Eco Campsite – WHITE campsite, and vice-versa. Each ticket or wristband is for the named campsite only*

Eco Campsite – White

The Reading Eco Campsite WHITE is back again! The Eco Campsite is for like-minded people who want to make a difference: You live life with the planet in mind, and want to stay in a clean, green field for a festival you’ll remember.

To stay in the Eco Camp every guest has to sign up to the following principles:

1. All guests agree to respect their fellow campers: Be inclusive and curious, talk about what is important to you, and enjoy the festival together.
2. All guests agree to respect the environment by protecting biodiversity and avoiding littering: Separate your recyclable materials, use the toilets provided, and don’t cause excess waste.
3. All guests agree to leave the campsite exactly as they found it: Everyone here has joined the call, take your tent home, and show the way forward.

Create Your Future. Stay in the Reading Eco Campsite WHITE in 2024.

Approximate Distances to Gates from Eco Campsite – WHITE:

• Eco camp White Camp is closest to the weekend car park.
• White Gate (0.4km), for customers parked in White Car Park,
• Green Gate (2km), for pedestrians or boat passengers from Green Car Park,
• Red Gate (3km), for pedestrians or shuttle bus, coach, train, taxi, or Pick Up Drop Off passengers.

*NOTE: In order to access EITHER Eco Campsite, persons must also hold a valid weekend ticket to Reading Festival 2024, as such it is understood that you must adhere to the festival Terms and Conditions. You will be given an additional Eco Campsite – WHITE or Eco Campsite – GREEN wristband to access the area which you have booked to stay in.

You cannot use an Eco Campsite – WHITE ticket or wristband in the Eco Campsite – GREEN campsite, and vice-versa. Each ticket or wristband is for the named campsite only*

Help us save the planet, one festival at a time – We’re looking for volunteers who are full of energy, passionate about the environment and enjoy engaging with people about green issues.

If you would like to register your interest to volunteer, please email gmessengers@festivalrepublic.com

Music Festivals have an impact on the environment because of the transport taken, energy they use, waste generated, water use 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. We have committed to reducing our carbon emissions by 50% by 2030. Most of our on-sire emissions come from how we power the festival.

We are using 100% HVO (Hydrotreated vegetable oil) in all generators and plant vehicles, which emits up to 90% less Greenhouse Gas emissions.

As set out in our Sustainability Charter we are committed  to preserving the live music experience for future generations to come and using our platform to inspire global environmental action.

We worked very closely with Julie’s Bicycle while they ran the environmental impact report. In their last reporting season, 2019, we were very pleased to be have been awarded 5 out of 5 stars.

We are also proud to be one of the Vision: 2025 Festival’s committed to reducing our carbon emissions. You can read more about the Vision: 2025 pledge here.

Please see our Festival Charter here, which details our commitments to Environmental Sustainability and a number of other areas.

Travelling to the festival makes up at least 80% of a festival’s carbon footprint (Source: The Show Must Go On Report, 2020 . To help reduce the Reading travel carbon footprint, you could travel by lower carbon forms of travel such as coach, train with direct shuttle buses to the festival, or carshare to help reduce this.

See below for low carbon options, and our Travel page for all options here.

We have committed to reducing our carbon emissions by 50% by 2030. Most of our on-site emissions come from how we power the festival.

We use 100% HVO (Hydrotreated vegetable oil) in line with our emission reduction targets which emits up to 90% less Greenhouse Gas emissions and are exploring other forms of power such as grid connection and batteries.

Click here for more.

We have put the following in place to reduce single use plastic at Rockstar Energy presents Reading Festival:

– All our cups are paper, and we have had a deposit return scheme in place since 2007,

– We have Pepsi Max bars that avoid plastic bottles completely, serving your drink straight into a paper cup and offering refills,

– All our soft drinks are made from at least 50% recycled plastic

– All our water is served in cans

– Plastic cutlery and straws have been banned since 2009, and only compostable food containers are allowed, – Bulk condiment bottles must be used by our food vendors instead of single-use sachets.

Please refill your water bottles at the taps provided. Please bring a refillable bottle with you to refill.

View a list of everything you can and can’t bring, here.

We run a two-bin system at the festival, which means every bin in the Main Arena will be formed by 2 bins:

Food and Compostable Food Packaging – When you buy food from the traders, everything your food comes in is compostable so plates, cutlery and napkins can be placed in the compost bins along with the food scraps. Please make sure NO PLASTIC goes into the compost.

Everything Else – There should be minimal left over that goes into this bin.

Don’t worry the waste will get sorted!

Head over to the campsite Recycling Points to collect green recycling bags. Fill them up with cans and bottles, bring them back and you can be in for a chance to win some amazing prizes.

Look out for the planet and take your tent home . Buy a durable tent that you can use again each year, it will save you money in the long run – see our ultimate guide to buying a tent here

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. See our essential packing guide here.

Festival Republic is collaborating with Decathlon to provide affordable tents for under £30, available for click-and-collect at your local store. These tents can be returned onsite after the weekend, with tent repair services also available. Select tents come with buy-back options too. For more details, visit here

Pink Moon offer pre-pitched tents or if you’re bringing your own tent we ask you to take it home, along with any other camping equipment

Did you know that tents are the equivalent of 8,750 plastic straws, or 250 pint cups. Say no to single use, take your tent home!

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, empty batteries, unopened tins of food after the festival, please take them to the Recycling Points

Every cup, can and bottle sold in the arena has a 10p deposit included in the price. Collect 5 and take them to our cup return stations at Bar 1 and 2 for your money back on card.

Minimum deposit return = 50p

We coordinate a salvage operation after the festival for organisations to collect some of the perfectly reusable camping equipment that is left behind therefore reducing the amount of waste that goes to energy from waste.

This is an opportunity for charities and community groups to come to the festival site on the Monday after the show and help save what they can. Please email salvagers@festivalrepublic.com to register your interest.