79th Reading Scouts are working in partnership with Festival Republic, the organisers of Reading Festival, and Bright Green, a community recycling project, to ensure that the thousands of items of camping equipment left behind by festival goers at this year’s Reading Festival are cleared away and put to good use.
Taking place over the August Bank Holiday Weekend, Reading Festival has a capacity of 80,000 and is to be headlined by Radiohead, Artic Monkeys and Kings Of Leon.
Every year after Reading Festival, thousands of items of camping equipment are left behind by festival goers. 79th Reading Scouts are one of the largest Scout Groups in the South of England. They have been at the forefront of the recycling effort at Reading for a number of years.
79th Reading Scouts will be responsible for helping to clear the festival site, reclaiming usable equipment which is in good condition and redistributing the equipment at a very low cost to community groups.