T in the Park bosses are celebrating after the festival was hailed as one of the greenest festivals in the world for the seventh year running.
Environmental campaign and advice group A Greener Festival presented the festival with the award in recognition of DF Concerts’ continued commitment to minimising the environmental impact of the festival and its efforts in promoting environmentally friendly behavioural change within the T in the Park audience.
T in the Park is the largest festival in the UK - and the only major UK festival – to win A Greener Festival Award this year.
Judges looked at traffic and transport, greenhouse gas emissions, waste and recycling, water conservation, noise pollution, ethical policies and environmental protection as well as fan-focused initiatives like Citizen T which encouraged binning litter, recycling and tent re-use.
Geoff Ellis, Festival Director, said: “We are exceptionally proud that T in the Park’s environmental policies continue to be recognised as some of the best in the world. T in the Park fans have once again played a huge part in this achievement, and we’re very grateful to them for embracing initiatives like Citizen T, and for their continued support and efforts in recycling and tent re-use.”
Earlier this month, T in the Park announced that its significant economic impact to Scotland rose to almost £15.4 million in 2014. Locally, the event continued to generate more than £2.7 million for Perth & Kinross.
