Thanks to the fantastic co-operation of its fans, OXEGEN 2010 was the greenest ever, with its carbon footprint an impressive 15% lower than the 2009 festival!

The greatest carbon saving at OXEGEN 2010 came through more fans than ever before choosing public transport. Once again we are urging all of you to leave the car at home and take one of the excellent public transport options available.

Again this year the Free Park and Ride will be running from Goffs (off Junction 8, N7) where you can get dropped off and take the short journey to the festival site via shuttle bus free of charge!

For full details on public transport options, see www.oxegen.ie/travel

Bin Your Empties

Bin Your Empties are a group of artists, creatives, musicians, carpenters, sculptors, fun loving zany festival fans, eco warriors and counter culture cadets!

They’ll be onsite to encourage fans to take responsibility for their own waste at Oxegen. As well as handing out bin bags to help campers recycle, they’ll be manning ‘Bin Your Empty’ stations throughout the campsites. Fans can watch the BYE team get all creative with their empty cans as they turn them into some amazing sculptures and other art!

At BYE’s Green Theatre, you’ll also have the chance to see how the waste that is recovered is treated as it gets crushed and processed ready for reuse.

Geoff Fitzpatrick from Bin Your Empties says:

“Bin Your Empties were amazed at the incredible buy into the recycling initiative last year, the Oxegen audience were so willing to recycle, with over 2,000 full bags being returned it was one of the best responses we have ever seen. This year our aim is to double that and enable the festival goers themselves remove 4,000 bags of waste from the campsites!”

Extreme Green Zone

This year in an attempt to highlight the power of Bin Your Empties the initiative is selecting a green ‘hot-spot’ located right in front of the Bin Your Empties HQ in the Blue Campsite.

They have cordoned off a 200m square and are encouraging fans to keep this space an ‘Extreme Green Zone’. The intention is to encourage Oxegen goers to literally leave no trace – removing all waste and all camping gear so that all that remains is a green clean ‘snooker table patch’ which will leave an interesting green oasis for an ariel photo, demonstrating what can happen when people choose to do things a little differently!