Many of you are hopefully aware of the \"Give Me Shelter\" campaign which was initiated by Global Hand & the Festival Republic at last year's Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds Festivals, if not, please pop over to the Global Hand website and have a quick read:
http://www.globalhand.org/givemeshelter/
What we're trying to figure out now is what to do with all the tents which aren't suitable for re-use ' those with broken zips, parts missing and so on.
Suggestions so far have been along the lines of flags & bunting.
Can you think of anything?
If so please add a post or topic here in the new Sustainability section of the DCSS forum.
How to recycle a damaged tent?
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Mark
posted this
03 July 2007
Jo Shields
posted this
03 July 2007
With the current weather as it is Umberellas spring to mind, cheap and easy to assemble.Waterproof clothing,Car/Bike Covers,Waterproof covers for sleeping bags,Waterproof sacks(for putting clothing in)these can be made with the guide ropes from the tents as draw strings for the top of the sacks.Also kites would be nice with the Global hand logo and this could be put on anything that is recycled.
Graeme
posted this
04 July 2007
Possibly try organising a deal with the tent manufacturers to supply spare parts? It'd only work with the bigger ones I suppose, but it'd be very good publicity for them.
Tavis
posted this
04 July 2007
I read on Q that some of the tents were going to be recycled into trainers by Worn Again (http://www.wornagain.co.uk/)
nijckevans
posted this
04 July 2007
Stitch outer tents together to make tarp. Has a billion uses.
matthewclark88
posted this
07 July 2007
well i think if zips are broken on tents you could remove the door completely and donate them to childrens nurseries to play in in the summer! i helped out at a nursery for a week when my mum worked there and in the summer when it is hot kids would love to be able to go in a tent to cool off! it could always be the base for hide and seek or something like that! think it over, its a great idea! MATT
sally_hare@btinternet.com
posted this
08 July 2007
I think waterproof clothing is a good idea - makes sense with the UK festival theme of downpours!
lawmate
posted this
09 July 2007
if there are any broken tent parts going i could do with them. im trying to make a geodesic dome from them. i have about 30 pole sections but i need another 100 or so and im gonna try and sew loads of triangles of tent material together to cover the structure. any help would naturally be helpful
cheers
Dick Collins
posted this
10 September 2007
There were a large group of people in the Blue Campsite at Leeds who found a way of using tents to the full.
I believe that the correct terminology is \"Waste to Energy\" one of the newer Re-cycling phrases.
It was just a shame that they hadn't taken technical advice about the requirement of incinerators to have suitable air filters to clean the clouds of black smoke.
Still, they are young and will learn gradually.
Next year we could run the main stage lights and sound from the steam generators heated by the tent teletubbys from this years discarded tents.
You might think that this is a trivial joke, but I am led to beleive that this is the way that the power will be provided for the new terminal 5 at Heathrow.
Not with tents though I hasten to add.
pyro_snowy
posted this
26 March 2008
Maybe dinghies too? Some parts of glasto looked like they needed traversing in better ways :)
As for Leeds, maybe recycled into some form of restraint for the recurring pyromaniacs... the bad ones (there are good pyros 2)
Nathan
posted this
03 April 2008
waterproof site maps?
Gemma
posted this
05 April 2008
How about taking the damaged tents and using them to create supersize tents that you can use like a gazebo. if it was shaped like a tent you could peg it to the ground so the wind wouldnt blow it away and make it flap in the night and then you would also have a suitably dry and cosy drinking spot
pyro_snowy
posted this
11 April 2008
Maybe a special festy costume design? Like 'SUPERMUNTER'!!! I reckon it would sell :p
mark - s
posted this
19 April 2008
quote:
Originally posted by pyro_snowy
Maybe a special festy costume design? Like 'SUPERMUNTER'!!! I reckon it would sell :p
has last year someone went around from a day as \"tent man\" he just cut some holes in his tent what a loon. had more of a laugh the next day when i saw him with no tent. he said \"well it rained last night and its still ful of water..........\" i had to laugh
but i like the idea of a \"beer retreat\" somewhere cosy to sit while drinking after a long hard shift
Lorna
posted this
20 April 2008
How about draw string bags that could be worn across one shoulder or both? I always find these are really useful when working or partying at festivals as bags like this always roll up small when they are not needed but you can cram loads of stuff in them when you do, plus... they would be water proof.
I realy think Jo's idea for buggy cover's is fantastic! I saw so many parents at Glasto last year wih wet unhappy kids. You could make some amazing poncho's, rian macs (using some of the zips from the tents), elesticated protectors for your wellington boots...wellie boot bags. left over scraps could make beanbag juggeling balls, stuffed toys, hand held flags for children and woven rug matts.
Get back to me if you need any help!
Peas x
jaymonds
posted this
05 November 2008
Think recycling is the best option.
Cheers
phone recycling
Ross
posted this
23 June 2010
Don't know if anyone has said it, too much to read haha! But you could make a simple poncho out of the material of the ground sheets.
