Buckinghamshire New University is working with Love Your Tent to lobby festival organisers and retailers over wasteland culture at festivals.

Waste campaign group Love Your Tent is also asking festival organisers to sign up to a 10% reduction agreement in campsite waste year-on-year.

The campaign follows the University’s recent study of 1200 respondents on their festival habits. The survey found that 60% of respondents who camped would admit to previously discarding tents after a festival, with 35% not planning to ...