SUSTAINABILITY
WHAT WE DO
Our MOTTO – “We are all caretakers of The Hill”
The NYE on the Hill site is a working farm so any rubbish left behind can have severe negative impacts on the land and the animals that live here.
Let’s work together to leave no trace!
It is everyone’s responsibility to keep the beautiful Hill clean.‘BE A GOOD SORT’ and use the bins & bags provided. If you see a mess, pick it up. If you see someone not respecting the land, gently remind them of our shared responsibility. A clean festival is a happy festival.
Our Environmental and Waste management Initiatives include:
Multi-Stream Landfill Diversion
Our goal is to divert as much waste generated from the event away from landfill and into reusable resources. To do this we operate a multi-stream resource recovery system across the event. The streams we operate are; Cans & Bottles (Container Deposit Scheme), Commingled Recycling, Cardboard, Organics and Landfill.
To prevent things going to landfill and instead being turned into a reusable resource ‘BE A GOOD SORT’ and put your items into the correct bag or bin.
Front of House (your world)
In the event areas we run a three bin system Organics, Recycling & Landfill, Landfill and in the campsites we run a two bag system:
CLEAR bag for recycling (cans, bottles, paper, cardboard etc - anything you would normally put in your yellow bin at home). If your clear bag gets full please place it on the edge of the nearest walkway and the waste team will collect it and ensure what's in it goes into the right resource recovery bin for processing.
BLACK bag for landfill - anything that doesn't go into the clear bag. If this bag gets full please place it directly into one of the landfill skips located in the Campsite.
These campsite bags will be handed out to you in the campsite while you are setting up. If you need more bags please look out for the waste team or volunteers roving the campsite.
Back of House (our world)
The resource recovery team will process your clear bags and the bins throughout the site and do their best to sort and ensure as much recycling goes into the correct resource recovery streams as possible. This process has a vastly better result if you put the correct items in the correct bin/bag! If you have any questions about what goes in which bags, ask our amazing resource recovery staff and volunteers.
Eliminate Petroleum Based Single Use Plastic
Canned water - this year we have partnered with Wallaby Water to continue to eliminate single use water bottles, all water sold and used onsite by artists and event staff will be aluminium canned water.
Food Packaging - all food vendors & Bars will be surviving food in non-plastic plant based packaging.
The Hills Are Alive Tree Planting Project
Profits from the sale of carpasses contribute to planting native trees throughout the local area in partnership with Bass Coast Landcare. To date we have planted more than 27,000 trees!
HOW CAN YOU HELP
Below are easy ways that you can reduce your environmental impact and help us to reduce the impact of the festival.
Reduce and improve what you bring
Sign up to Green Music Australia's ‘Camping Buddy’ - To learn how to sustainably pack & prepare for a camping festival visit www.campingbuddy.com.au
What is Camping Buddy?
Camping Buddy makes planning your festival campsite a breeze; helping you bring less, borrow more, and cut down your waste. It’s an active collaboration between festivals across Australia, and you.
Travel to the Festival
Carpooling to reduce the number of cars is a great way to reduce carbon emissions and also to share the road trip with your friends.
Take the bus, we now offer buses to and from the festival. Every full bus to the festival is the equivalent of 18-19 cars and is less than half the carbon emissions.
Don't Let It Hit The Ground
With plenty of bins around the site and bags at your campsites, we challenge you to not let any rubbish hit the ground. That way no one has to pick it up!
Be A Good Sort
Put your items into the correct bag or bin. To prevent things going to landfill and instead being turned into a reusable resource.
Don’t Leave Things Onsite
At the end of the event don’t leave any tents/chairs/gazebos etc. behind! When buying camping equipment, think of how many awesome camping festivals you’d like to go to in your lifetime and then buy products that you know will service them all, and take them home with you.
BYO Water Bottle
It’s one of the easiest ways to reduce your environmental footprint & it makes it way easier to stay hydrated on those hot summer days at our free refilling stations.
