solo@slrpnk.net to zerowaste@slrpnk.net · 3 months ago‘Small and mighty, that’s what we are’: the team turning discarded tents into bagswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up145file-text
arrow-up145external-link‘Small and mighty, that’s what we are’: the team turning discarded tents into bagswww.theguardian.comsolo@slrpnk.net to zerowaste@slrpnk.net · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
Lauren Mason decided to take action after witnessing huge amounts of camping gear abandoned at festivals
minus-squarePyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoI’m glad they specified it was festival detritus. I was worried it was stolen from camps of the unhoused.
minus-squareashaman2007@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoThe amount that even the middle class is capable of wasting compared to the poor is immense… I imagine the stuff from encampments is probably just trashed with no other consideration
minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoTo be fair, tents are not meant to be used daily, so those tents are probably not reusable anyway.
I’m glad they specified it was festival detritus. I was worried it was stolen from camps of the unhoused.
The amount that even the middle class is capable of wasting compared to the poor is immense… I imagine the stuff from encampments is probably just trashed with no other consideration
To be fair, tents are not meant to be used daily, so those tents are probably not reusable anyway.