Elements Festival took a major step into a sustainable future in 2021 by banning all single-use food packaging and plastic bottles. In 2022, we’re amping up our commitment to the environment and expanding on this initiative. At many market stalls, you will find reusable Elements bottles for sale. Once you’re armed with one of these bad boys, you can fill it up free of charge, as many times as you want, from the many water stations you’ll find all over the site. Food will be served exclusively in reusable plates, bowls and containers at the Elements Winter Festival and Elements Festival 2022.

One of our Core Values in the Elements world is to support the environment that supports us. Though we have excellent infrastructure and dedicated teams in place to collect, sort, and recycle all rubbish produced at the festival, our goal is to cut waste off at the source.

In 2021, we were excited to launch our rewash revolution. This major act of rebellion against waste has been designed to eliminate single-use food and drink packaging from all Market Stalls, and we are doubling down on our commitment at the Elements Winter Festival and Elements Festival 2022. 

To achieve our zero-waste goal, we are rolling out enough Elemental plates, bowls, cups, and cutlery to cater for the whole tribe. These are sustainably produced from genuinely biodegradable materials, and we have facilities on-site to hygienically clean everything, ensuring it’s safe for reuse. You’ll pay a small deposit along with your meal purchase, and this will be refunded to you in full when you return the utensils to a wash station. 

This initiative was inspired by the amazing efforts of Green Work Australia and Strawberry Fields (Victoria). Environmental preservation is a communal project. So, in constructing and implementing new initiatives, Elements combines our own research and development with work being done in other parts of the world, and crucially, with the input of our tribe.

If you have any eco-friendly ideas to put forward, we would love to hear from you. Send an email to info [at] elementsfestival.com.au and do your part to nurture the planet that so beautifully supports us all.

Elements Festival has a strong commitment to the environment and a huge part of this revolves around reducing waste. While it’s important to ensure you are all well-hydrated, single-use water bottles are problematic for the environment. 

All those involved in creating the Elements world will be using reusable bottles and we are asking you, our Elemental tribe, to get on board and Bring Your Own Bottle too. If you’re in need of a new one, we have created a limited run of super-practical, stainless-steel bottles, featuring beautiful Elements designs. These are available online in our merchandise section and may also be purchased mid-festival from the Info Tent. If you’re travelling light, you can fill up your reusable bottle at the water points we have spread throughout the map. If you’ve got the capacity, be sure to bring a reusable bulk water container for your camp. We’d love for you to join us in showing the world just how clean and responsible festival lovers can be.

Though the Elements world renews and upgrades itself every year, the one thing that remains constant is the glorious natural environment that houses us. To protect this beautiful haven, we ask that you make use of our convenient recycling stations to dispose of your cans and other recyclable materials.

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: carpooling is the best way to get out to the festival. Along with the money-saving benefits of pooling your travel funds, having fewer cars on the road and on-site is better for the environment. Not only does carpooling cut back on emissions, it means we have fewer vehicles disturbing the land and the wildlife that inhabits it.

If you’re travelling light and don’t need a car, our shuttle bus may be the perfect way for you to get out to the festival. The shuttle service will be available for both the Elements Winter Festival and Elements Festival 2022. With one vehicle transporting a whole busload of Elementals, this is the ultimate form of carpooling. It takes the pressure off you by ensuring all your transport needs are taken care of. It takes the pressure off our natural habitat by reducing emissions and ensuring fewer vehicles disturb the environment.

As always, we will have a convenient rent a tent option for those of you who are travelling light. Be sure to like and follow our Facebook page so you’re notified as soon as our packages become available.

After installing a brand-new waste management system for the 2021 edition of Elements Festival, we are happy to report that the upgrades are continuing for both 2022 festivals. All waste will be filtered, sorted, and managed according to its type. We’ll then be transporting it off-site to sustainable landfills, compost, and recycling stations. This gives us greater control over what goes where, ensuring that all of the fun had at Elements Festival is eco-friendly and sustainable.

Respecting the natural environment we get to party in is an absolute must if we wish to be able to do this for years to come. So, we ask that you get on board with our recycling program and take advantage of the easy-to-use recycling station’s we’ll have set up at key locations around the festival site.

In addition to the pre-existing toilet blocks, we will have composting toilets available for you to use. Not only does this eliminate those dreaded toilet line-ups, it is yet another way we can give back to the environment. Who would’ve thought your pee and poo could be so useful? While it’s a hazard if distributed recklessly, when deposited within one of our composting toilets, even your most hideous post-party production will be converted into nourishing food for the Earth. 

Elements has enlisted a dedicated crew of eco-warriors who will be wandering the campgrounds pre- and post-festival. Though they may be warriors, these friendly folk are as sweet as they come. They’ll be handing out bin bags and cigarette ash tins to anyone who needs them. You can also hit them up for advice and suggestions on how to reduce your waste while on-site and be conscious of your waste management. So, make sure you give them some love for this wonderful service they provide!

Our leave no trace ethos is as simple as it sounds: be gentle with the environment, be conscious of your actions, and leave the landscape as clean as it was when you arrived. To make it as easy as possible for you to achieve this, here are our top tips:

·      Plan ahead, bring only the essentials, go for items with minimal/recyclable packaging and pack plenty of bin bags.

·      Employ the one-touch rule: as soon as you’re done with something, find a bin and get rid of it. We have plenty throughout the site, so this shouldn’t be hard.

·      Crush cans and boxes to maximise space in bins.

·      When you’re on the dancefloor, don’t be lazy and just drop your rubbish. It takes a few seconds to get it to one of the many bins around the dancefloors, and your fellow Elementals will thank you for keeping the space clean!

·      If you see someone else’s rubbish on the ground, be a legend and put it in the bin for them. And if you see someone being a legend and picking up someone else’s trash, give them a high five because no good deed should ever be ignored.

We encourage you to take these behaviours home with you when you leave the Elements world as they will make you one kickass member of the community.

We admit we can get a bit preachy about all this “take responsibility for your rubbish” business. But it’s only because we care so much. To take a bit of the pressure off and make doing the right thing fun, we’re installing hoops over our recycling bins so you can dunk ya cans – the things we do for you guys!

If you have rubbish, don’t drop it until your hand is over a bin. This is especially true of cigarette butts. We understand that it’s gross to have a bunch of loose, smelly butts in your pocket. To be fair, though, you’re the one who smoked them. Nature had nothing to do with it so you’re the one who needs to suck it up and deal with it. Harsh but fair. While they’re a bit of an inconvenience for you, they are a toxic fire hazard to the environment that can take up to ten years to break down. The solution? Butt bins. You can make one out of literally any small container that fits in your pocket. If you don’t have one, we got you. Head over to the Festival Info Tent and collect a complimentary Butt Bin container or ask the Eco Warrior teams!

Elements Staff, Volunteers and our Eco Warriors will be wandering through the campsites all weekend collecting rubbish, so be sure to have your campsite clean, and we’ll take your full bin bags and give you some freshies. This will make life easier for you when the time comes to pack up and go home. We look after you like that.