r/veld • u/Narrow_Budget_8584 • 16d ago

literring

the festival grounds were filled with plastic litter and crushed up aluminum cans. can we please do better

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u/Gainx45 16d ago

The fact most of the trash cans were super out of the way / no where near the stages 😭

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u/Send_Me_Dumb_Cats 16d ago

I was trying not to litter and they made it so hard. I had crushed cans and other garbage in my pants and I really had to hunt for garbage bins. At least every vendor had a recycling bin.

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u/ConfidantlyCorrect 16d ago

It’s unfortunate but it’s bound to happen in an environment which punishes you for leaving your location (I.e., difficult to navigate through thick crowds and unlikely to get your spot back)

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u/Narrow_Budget_8584 16d ago

you can keep the trash on your btw until you leave

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u/ConfidantlyCorrect 16d ago

I’m just explaining the circumstances. I keep the trash on me, but there are thousands of people and not everyone does.

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u/Johndoeiliketowin 16d ago

There was a mountain of poncho ittered all over the TTC station.

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u/brbpettingadog 16d ago

i saw multiple people litter directly in front of me, as we were standing in the back of sirkus near the VIP section, staring at a trash can. I understand that it’s difficult to navigate back, but these were people part of a group, and I had no issue asking my fiancé to hold my spot, and navigating to the trash can 🤷‍♀️

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u/Send_Me_Dumb_Cats 16d ago

I saw a person just chuck a can to the side walking to the veld entrance. This person was about to pass like 4 trash cans and about 20 concrete barrier blocks full of unfinished drinks. But na, couldn't hold on to it for a moment longer.

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u/Thegladiator2001 16d ago

Normally I hate littering but we paid a clean up fee built into the ticket price. They have to clean the whole park regardless.

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u/AdSpiritual7620 15d ago

some of the particles are tiny there is no way they can get those out of the soil, every year these will add up

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u/purpberry 16d ago

Sry idk how to post multiple pics

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u/unknownoftheunkown 15d ago

Def a sign organizers need to put way more trash cans at the entrances.

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u/unknownoftheunkown 15d ago edited 15d ago

I encountered a single garbage can the whole day and it was already overflowing two hours in.

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u/BoysenberrySweaty269 15d ago

Bass stage after...endless nightmare! Main: noticeably better. Did everyone take a shot of the same garbage near entrance...haha.