Sustainability
General Waste, Recycling & Compostable waste
Visitors play a huge role in the sustainability initiatives behind Fieldays. Your actions have a huge impact on the success of our sustainability efforts on-site. Fieldays work closely with Instep™ and Closed Loop™ to ensure we adhere to best practices for ISO 20121 Sustainable Event Management.
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Wheelie Bin Stations
Clearly labelled General Waste, Recycling, and Compostable Waste bins are located in waste stations throughout the Fieldays site. Please use these bins to separate as many materials as possible.
Recycling:
- Paper & Cardboard
- Plastic (1, 2, 5)
- Glass (green, clear, brown)
- Aluminium Cans
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General Waste:
- Plastic Bags
- Packets
- Wrappers
Compostable Waste:
- Compostable Packaging
- Food waste
- Compostable coffee cups
What we do behind the scenes
![waste3 Instep - Peter Birkett](https://www.fieldays.co.nz/uploads/media/w-760/05/385-waste3.jpg?v=1-0)
![waste7 Redirecting waste at Fieldays](https://www.fieldays.co.nz/uploads/media/w-420/00/390-waste7.jpg?v=1-0)
![waste6 Rethink waste](https://www.fieldays.co.nz/uploads/media/w-420/01/391-waste6.jpg?v=1-0)
38%
waste was recycled or repurposed instead of going to landfill in 2021
7%
of waste was composted in 2021
![waste4 Sorting waste at Fieldays](https://www.fieldays.co.nz/uploads/media/w-420/07/387-waste4.jpg?v=1-0)
![waste Closed Loop team at Fieldays](https://www.fieldays.co.nz/uploads/media/w-420/08/388-waste.jpg?v=1-0)
![waste14 Off to get sorted](https://www.fieldays.co.nz/uploads/media/w-420/08/398-waste14.jpg?v=1-0)
![waste2 Getting sorted at Fieldays](https://www.fieldays.co.nz/uploads/media/w-760/09/389-waste2.jpg?v=1-0)
![waste8 Fieldays sorting area](https://www.fieldays.co.nz/uploads/media/w-420/02/392-waste8.jpg?v=1-0)
21%
in 2021 Fieldays achieved lower Electricity use than 2019
41%
of waste was recycled or repurposed instead of going to landfill in 2019
![waste9 Fieldays waste](https://www.fieldays.co.nz/uploads/media/w-420/06/396-waste9.jpg?v=1-0)
![waste12 Closed Loop sorting at Fieldays](https://www.fieldays.co.nz/uploads/media/w-420/05/395-waste12.jpg?v=1-0)