CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS

A festival requires a lot of materials, from stages to banners. Our goal is to reuse materials as much as possible. Together with our service providers, partners, and NGOs, we seek solutions in all areas to reuse and repurpose materials.

This includes, among other things, designing structures, decorative modules, and printed materials so that they can be used for several years. In addition, since 2018 we’ve been collaborating with BagUp from Hamburg, which produces weatherproof bags from old banners in its design and sewing workshop. At the same time, this initiative provides people with refugee backgrounds or other barriers to employment with an opportunity in the job market.

We ask our guests to take their tents, chairs, and other equipment with them after the festival. If you’d like to leave behind camping gear that’s in generally good condition, you’ve been able to drop it off at Hanseatic Help since 2016 so that the items can be refurbished for use by homeless shelters. The Beeke-Löwen, supporters of the Löwenherz Children’s and Youth Hospice, also collect leftover camping gear on Mondays after the festival.

These items are cleaned, stored, and distributed the following year in exchange for a donation, with the proceeds going to the hospice.

In collaboration with Foodsharing and the local food bank, we collect non-perishable food from guests, restaurants, and the festival market to help reduce food waste.

People often bring returnable bottles and cans to festivals. We ask that you collect your returnable containers separately so they can be processed through the designated return and recycling system. At Hurricane, you can donate your deposit to Hanseatic Help, which uses the proceeds to purchase sleeping bags and other essential supplies for homeless people.