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To: Retailers, Manufacturers and Consumers
Stop Throwaway Tents
Stop retailers from selling low quality and short designed life expectancy tents, particularly those marketed as 'Festival Tents' which infers a single event use. Stop manufacturers from producing such tents. Ask Consumers to think hard before they buy and pledge to not purchase such tents.
Why is this important?
An estimated 250,000 tents are abandoned in the UK each summer, most of these at festivals. These tents are rarely reused and the materials they are made from are generally not recyclable, thus the great majority end up in landfill. At a time when we are facing an existential environmental crisis, when we are experiencing the earths sixth extinction event with around 5000 species disappearing each year. When the sea, air and earth is being increasingly poisoned through man made contaminants, and the population is growing to the extent that there are 225,000 extra people to support each day, we have to rapidly adapt to the situation and reduce our impact on the planet. If we want to save our civilisation and our beautiful planet then we have to stop using single use products. NOW!
