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‘Small and mighty, that’s what we are’: the team turning discarded tents into bags (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by solo@slrpnk.net to c/zerowaste@slrpnk.net

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Lauren Mason decided to take action after witnessing huge amounts of camping gear abandoned at festivals

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are they no longer usable as tents?

[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're made to be disposable and are often quite damaged, I believe.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

terrible

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm glad they specified it was festival detritus. I was worried it was stolen from camps of the unhoused.

[–] ashaman2007@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The amount that even the middle class is capable of wasting compared to the poor is immense... I imagine the stuff from encampments is probably just trashed with no other consideration

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

To be fair, tents are not meant to be used daily, so those tents are probably not reusable anyway.