Sustainability is a part of who we are and we are on a journey to becoming a completely Sustainable event:

We are continuously striving to reduce the environmental impact considerably and to maximise the three ‘R’s’ as much as we can, REDUCING (Consumption), REUSING (items over again or in a new way) and RECYCLING (what cannot be reused). 

• We source local where possible: Entertainment, suppliers, food and beverage - meaning less carbon footprint
• We showcase local food and beverages
• All equipment for the festival is hired from within Marlborough
• We work with local environmental groups to minimise waste
• We have a water bottle fill up station to minimise plastic water bottle use
• We ask our food trucks to only use compostable packaging
• We encourage attendees to bring their own cups and plates
• We use compost buckets for organic waste
• We source reused/upcycled waste packaging to be used as part of the build a boat challenge
• We re-use items from Build a Raft year after year, and old mussel floats for the raft races
• All of our promotional signage has been designed to be reused year after year
• We do a beach clean up before, during and after the event on Friday and Saturday (contact us if you would like to assist!)