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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lily Smith

Savvy and sustainable: the festival packing hacks you swear by

A festival campsite. There is a path in the centre of the  image and grass either side with hoards of colourful tents. There are many festivalgoers carrying their loads waling down the path. There is a line of trees in the background and a clear blue sky. People are wearing summer clothes.
Readers helped to send off festivalgoers in style with sustainability in mind. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

We asked you for your top festival packing tips, and many of you – seasoned attenders of Glastonbury, Womad, Primavera and Download, to name a few – had a lot to say. You shared your hard-won advice, occasionally taking us to task, and it turns out many of your tips are sustainable as well as savvy.

So to help you make greener choices this summer, we’ve rounded up some of your best eco-friendly tricks, from solar-powered lights to an interesting way to reuse a fabric softener bottle (and no, none of you are associated with any of the products or brands recommended).

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