Sustainable Enjoyment at Festivals: ecobiopack’s Top Picks for Green Events, Food Trucks & Foodies
Summer days, vibrant music, and the aroma of delicious food in the air – the festival season is just around the corner! At ecobiopack, we know that not only the music and atmosphere are important, but also the choice of sustainably served meals and drinks. Discover our eco-friendly festival tableware, from reusable cups and dishes to SUP-proof compostable disposables, and make your festival a green summer hit!
A Green Revolution: How to Make a Festival, Event, or Food Truck Sustainable?
Are you looking for a way to organise an environmentally friendly festival? Or will you be shining this summer with a food truck or a busy food stall at major events? Then using bio-disposables for festivals and reusable tableware is a good start.
Ecobiopack is the green wholesaler for festivals, events, and hospitality entrepreneurs. With us, you will find a sustainable variant for every cup, plate, or fork that is used once and then discarded. Naturally, in the very best bio-quality. That’s good for your guests – and better for the environment.
In this blog, we take you on a tasty journey through the festival culture, full of useful information, ideas, and tips on sustainable food service. Discover sustainable solutions – especially for festivals and outdoor events.
Festivals and Sustainability: From Trend to Necessity
Before we delve into the benefits of biodegradable and reusable tableware, let’s look at what a green festival season really means. Nowadays, it’s on the agenda of virtually every festival: creating a sustainable event from A to Z;Since January 2024, festivals and outdoor events are even required to recyclenand reuse where possible.
How Sustainable Are Festivals?
Initiatives such as Green Deal Circular Festivals (GDCF) play an important role in making the festival scene more sustainable.
Why Do Festivals Choose Sustainability?
Worldwide, more than 300 million tonnes of plastic are produced annually, half of which comes from disposable packaging. These types of packaging are called Single Use Plastics (SUP). The downside of SUP packaging is that it ends up as litter in nature. It doesn’t decompose naturally but breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces.
These microplastics pose a huge risk to the environment and are nearly impossible to clean up. They spread through rivers and seas into nature and enter our food chain. Additionally, single-use plastic is made from the fossil fuel petroleum and directly contributes to global warming, deforestation, and animal deaths.
In other words, disposable plastic is a global threat to the environment, from the polar caps to the oceans and even the human body. It is high time that we shift from consuming and wasting to a circular system where biodegradable and reusable products limit environmental damage.
Festival-Ready with ecobiopack: Discover Sustainable Must-Haves!
The festival season in the UK is much more than just music; it’s a celebration of culture, creativity, and above all, delicious food! From traditional snacks with a modern twist like fish and chips with gourmet tartar sauce and creatively filled pasties to international favourites like curry – the UK festival cuisine is a true paradise for foodies.
Food truck, ice cream van, sausage roll stand, juice bar, mobile restaurant… Whatever you do: at a festival or event, it has to be fast. Additionally, it is crucial to ensure minimal waste. We help you stick to your sustainable principles and provide quick service with stylish bio-disposables and reusable tableware.
SUP-Proof Festival Tableware: Top Picks for a Green Festival Season
The festival season is diverse, and the same goes for the dishes, snacks, and drinks offered at festivals. In our shop, you’ll find a wide range of sustainable packaging that suits every delicacy you serve. From chips trays to ice cream cups, and from reusable cups for hot and cold drinks to compostable plates and cutlery.
How about sugarcane plates or wooden boats for hot and cold dishes like bitterballen, fries, nachos, kibbeling, dumplings, dim sum, or wok? Prefer something for smaller portions and tapas? Whether you serve olives, cheese cubes, hummus, or other finger foods, our sugarcane portion trays are perfect.
All our plant-based disposable and reusable tableware is available in various sizes and designs, depending on your preference and the type of food or drink. Discover here a selection of our favourite sustainable festival disposables for 2024:
- Palm Leaf Tableware – SUP-Proof and Stylish
From sausage rolls to Cornish pasties and from fish and chips to samosas – in our range, you’ll find the perfect sustainable palm leaf plate, boat, or tray for your culinary creations. Palm leaf tableware is 100% natural, sturdy, and also a real eye-catcher. - Sustainable Meal Bowls for Everything
Serve steaming curries, tagines, soups, pasta dishes, salads, poké bowls, and more in our SUP-proof bowls. You’ll find both sugarcane bowls and palm leaf bowls in our shop. Ideal for hot and cold, solid and liquid dishes. - Classic chips Trays with a New Twist
Whether you present Belgian fries, sweet potato fries, or special chips creations with stew or veggie toppings, they taste best in a sustainable tray! Discover our classic chips trays with sauce compartment, made of 100% sugarcane. - Sturdy Hot Dog Trays for Clean Fingers
No mess: discover our sustainable hot dog trays, perfect for hot dogs, a herring sandwich, or other elongated snacks. Made from sturdy kraft cardboard. A practical and eco-friendly solution for events and festivals. - Less Is More: Snack Bags for Burgers & Co
Are you treating festival-goers to juicy burgers, döner sandwiches, or falafel? Then our practical paper snack bags with openings on two sides are your partner in crime. Available in both natural brown and trendy newspaper print.
Bio-Disposables for Festivals: Natural Alternatives in the Spotlight
As a festival organiser or food truck owner, it’s essential to reduce your ecological impact. Using sustainable materials like sugarcane, FSC-certified wood, and wood fibre is an important step in the right direction. These plant-based materials are compostable, resulting in much less waste.
At ecobiopack, you’ll find stylish and SUP-proof festival disposables in the following materials:
- Palm Leaf: Unique and refined. To-go tableware made from palm leaf is a sustainable alternative to plastic disposables and contains no plastic or added coatings. It is purely natural, robust, naturally tasteless, food-safe, and grease and moisture resistant. All our palm leaf disposables are 100% compostable and can simply be disposed of in the organic waste bin after use. View the range
- Sugarcane: The base material for our sugarcane tableware is bagasse, a by-product of sugar production. Sugarcane to-go tableware is naturally resistant to moisture and grease and very strong. Even when the surface is cut, the material does not come loose. Sugarcane disposables are affordable, practical, and as a pure natural product, they are fully biodegradable and compostable. View the range
- Wood Fibre: At ecobiopack, we use only wood from sustainable forestry, certified with the FSC label. For white tableware made from wood fibre, we use pure wood pulp. This is uncoated and resistant to grease and water. All our wood fibre disposables are food-safe and compostable. View the range
For more information about the materials our bio-disposables are made from, you can consult the materials section on our blog.
Reusable Tableware for Events: Cups, Häppy Plates®, and Happy Guests
Our extensive range of reusable tableware and cups allows for the sustainable and environmentally friendly service of food and drinks. High-quality reusable tableware and cups are the perfect option for both large and small events – indispensable at a sustainable festival!
Cups | Thanks to the introduction of reusable cups, floors littered with discarded single-use cups are a thing of the past. In our online range, you’ll find cups for both hot and cold drinks in various sizes (200 ml to 400 ml). The cups are made from plastic (including PP) and can be easily cleaned in the dishwasher. This means they can be reused immediately without generating unnecessary waste. View the range
Häppy Plates® | Our reusable tableware is made from bio-compound: a composite material of wood and bioplastic. This material is free from BPA and melamine and is as much as 98% biobased. Happie Plates are both dishwasher and microwave safe. Thanks to the material used, the plates and bowls are lightweight, antibacterial, and suitable for both hot and cold dishes. The smart design makes these reusable plates and bowls easy to stack, taking up little space! View the range
💡 Tip
Implement a return system with a deposit or return tokens. This prevents unnecessary loss of cups or tableware and motivates your guests to return cups with their next order.
Sustainable Festival: Inspiration and Practical Tips for a Green Event
In addition to implementing sustainable, SUP-proof solutions for food courts and crew catering, there are many other ways to make your festival or event as climate-friendly as possible. Here are some useful resources to help you achieve this:
- Toolkit on Reducing Single-Use Plastic: Offers tips on minimizing the use of disposable plastics and promoting recycling.
- Circular Festivals Toolkit: An online toolbox with examples of practical solutions and proven innovations for creating circular festivals and events.
- Future Festival Tools: A set of digital tools including a self-evaluation tool, case studies, an e-learning course on sustainability for festivals and events, and more.
- European Green Festival Roadmap 2030: A framework for the sustainability of festivals and cultural events, based on the EU's Green Deal requirements.
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