Sustainability challenges the size of Texas
This year’s festival was powered by about 95% solar energy, 5% shore energy and no gas-fired generators, Bizer said, which Luck was able to achieve through partnerships with Reverb and Overdrive Energy Solutions.
Although this represents a major advance in sustainability, some obstacles are inherent in Destiny’s location. The Texas Hill Country does not have recycling and composting facilities for events like Bonnaroo or Outside Lands. It removed “single-use” plastics from the event this year, allowing only bio-based, compostable plastics to be used for food and beverages – acknowledging that without access to industrial composting, all this Going to landfill.
“Hopefully within the next two to three years, we will be completely 100% compostable and recyclable,” Bizer said. “Our goal is ultimately to get as close to carbon-neutral as possible.”
