Why do we care?
‘Globally, food production accounts for one-quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and takes up 40% of the planet’s habitable surface.’ An average meal emits =1.7kg co2e. We need to get this down to=0.5kg co2 per meal
Communicating Sustainability-We’d love you to talk about any other green initiatives / great things you’re involved in on your menu boards.
Serve-wear
- Home compostable Bagasse only.
- Compostable cardboard
- FSC approved wood only.
- If you are serving drinks, please get in touch with us to order some of our reusable cups.
- Drinks in cans only.
- Multi serve, bulk dispenser condiments, sugar, salt , pepper etc only
- Enviropack – (Bagasse plates and bowls, FSC cutlery and stirrers) www.enviropack.org.uk
What we don’t allow
- No Plastics or Polystyrene
- No Bioplastics/ bioplastic linings
This is vital – as you will contaminate our composting waste stream!!
- No plastic cutlery
- No plastic bottles (Plastics of any type including PC, PP, PET, rPET, HPDE or LDPE)
- No single use cups or lids of any sort
- No straws of any kind (You may keep a small stock of paper straws to be given out only if needed by customers with access needs–please do not display or offer)
- No bio-plastic cutlery
- No single use sachets
- No meat Products
Cups
We do not allow any drinks to be served in single use disposable cups. – Cold drink cups – We will supply reusable cups. These must be used for all drinks served. £1 per cup must be charged to the customer when obtaining a new cup. This is not a refundable deposit. The cup pounds will be invoiced for post festival. This helps to cover the cost of cleaning the cups. Customers should be encouraged to use the same cup all festival and return it to the cup bins at the end of the festival. They are unbranded and not souvenir cups. We want to encourage the reduction of new plastic creation.
– Hot drink cups – We will be telling people to bring their own cups for hot drinks. You must not give out disposable cups of any kind. You can sell/hire you own reusable cups, or purchase our reusable cup for resale.
– FSC wooden stirrers only or metal spoons.
– Bulk sugar pots only (no single sachets).
Waste
We are operating a Clean Pitch Bond scheme. Each vendor will be required to pay a £200 refundable deposit with the pitch fee. This deposit will then be returned to you post festival by bank transfer after inspection and sign off. We will provide you with access to waste deposit stations, and all waste from the festival will be recycled once removed from site – please stream your waste as much as possible.
Food Bank
If you have any surplus food at the end of the festival please drop it off at the collect point by 13:00 Monday.
Green Trader Award
We’ll be awarding one trader the Green Trader Award. Our sustainability manager will make contact with you once on site and give you further details. We are looking to reduce our carbon footprint by 20%, with electricity and waste the two biggest producers of carbon at the festival.
The Green Trader of the festival will receive 25% discount on their next year’s pitch fees plus PR and Socials promotions.
Produce (Criteria & Suppliers)
Suppliers in The National Forest.
MEAT/FISH
- No meat/fish products to be sold
EGGS
- Free Range
- Organic
Local Suppliers
- Knight Farm Eggs, B79 9HW, (Free Range, Solar Powered Farm)https://knightfarmeggs.com/pages/about-us
- Woodcock Farm Shop, LE7 7NH, (Free Range) http://www.woodcockfarm.co.uk/farm-shop/3788630
- Woodhouse Farm and Gardens, (Free Range) https://www.woodhousefarmandgardencic.org.uk/our-produce/
MILK & DAIRY:
- Organic
Recommended suppliers:
- Organic Cheese – https://www.beltonfarm.co.uk/organic/
- Organic Cheese, https://www.teificheese.co.uk
- Milk – (Organic) https://www.picksorganic.co.uk/product/309
FRUIT & VEG
- UK or European seasonal goods.
- Bananas (must be Fairtrade)
- Local and Organic preferable
Recommended suppliers:
- Cattows Farm – Heather Leicestershire LE67 2R , https://www.cattowsfarm.co.uk
- Riverford Organics – Not local but organic, https://www.riverford.co.uk
- Pick’s Organic Farm, The Cottage, Hamilton Grounds, Hamilton Lane, Barkby Thorpe, Leicestershire, LE7 3QF, https://www.picksorganic.co.uk
- Woodhouse Farm and Gardens, https://www.woodhousefarmandgardencic.org.uk/our-produce/
MILK ALTERNATIVES
- We prefer Oat Milk (Soya and Coconut are ok)
- No nut milks (really water intensive to grow)
- Avoid Alpro
- Do not charge more for dairy free alternative (increase the price of dairy milk drinks ifyou need to,to keep the cost of alternatives the same)
Recommended supplier:
UK Made Fresh Oat Milk – Wild and Furrow
Order in bulk, reducing waste. Grown and produced in Leicestershire. 40 miles from site https://www.wildandfurrow.com/ Place orders here for delivery to site- info@wildandfurrow.com
TEA, COFFEE, HOT CHOCOLATE, DRINKS
- Fairtrade or equivalent
- Organic
Some recommended brands:
- Clipper
- Pukka
- Cafedirect Organic
- Green & Blacks
- Bird & Wild
- Percol
- Taylors (carbon neutral Fika Coffee)
- https://www.picksorganic.co.uk/produce?term_commerce_product_tid_depth=128
Look for the following symbols:
SOFT DRINKS
We would prefer that you only sell ethical brands of soft drinks and mixers Some recommended suppliers, based on ethical consumer guide:
- Gingerella
- ChariTea
- Gusto
- Karma Cola
- LemonAid
- Luscombe
- Calyx
- Belvoir Organic
- Fentimans
- biona
- Cawston Press
- Pip Organic
Please do NOT sell Coca Cola and Nestle. (This includes San Sellegrino)
ALCOHOL
- Toast Ale – https://www.toastale.com (Beer made from surplus bread)
CLEANING PRODUCTS
- Non-toxic, biodegradable, eco-friendly where possible
- Some recommended suppliers based on ethical consumer guide
- BioD
- SESI
- Greenscents
- Fill Refill
- ecoleaf
- Miniml
This list is a work in progress, we absolutely welcome suggestions and additions from traders or local suppliers. Get in touch with us – aileen.ging@wildrumpus.org.uk
