Why Tito’s, Southwest and Jack Daniel’s Keep Going Back to Willie Nelson’s ‘Anti-Festival’

Texas-sized sustainability challenges

This yr’s competition was powered by roughly 95% photo voltaic power, 5% shore energy and no gas-powered turbines, Bizer mentioned, which Luck was capable of obtain via a partnership with Reverb and Overdrive Vitality Options.

Whereas this represents main progress in sustainability, some obstacles are inherent to Luck’s location. The Texas Hill Nation doesn’t have the recycling and composting services for occasions like Bonnaroo or Outdoors Lands. It eradicated “single-use” plastics from the occasion this yr, permitting solely bio-based, compostable plastics for use for meals and drinks—acknowledging that with out entry to industrial composting, it’s all going to landfill.

“Hopefully inside the subsequent two to 3 years, we’ll be absolutely 100% compostable and recyclable,” Bizer mentioned. “Our aim ultimately is to get as near carbon-neutral as doable.”