Volunteers are voluntary, if she's having a hard time maybe she shouldn't volunteer. The organiser is required to cleanup and the cleanup will happen regardless of if people volunteer or not.
Yeah that's a good way not to have any volunteers anymore and have even higher ticket prices as a result.
All because you don't want to clean up your trash.
I agree that the problem is partly infrastructure and it should be easier to dispose of your stuff. But the mentality of "someone is paid to do this" just means that everything will slowly get more expensive to clean up after your ass.
When the cleaning lady comes, I don't stop flushing my toilet or throw my dirty laundry on the ground.
Me? I've never been to a music festival, not my thing. I just don't think they're doing anything wrong by leaving trash in an area that is due to have trash removed by cleaners who are expecting trash.
If it were a concrete venue I would agree, that's easy to sweep up. But getting trash from a field is very intensive labour. Digging for cigarette butts and just generally small trash is awful work and never perfect.
Much more effective to give everyone a trash bag and access to trash bins.
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u/Safe_Award_785 9h ago
Don't know how festivals work in the UK, but in Belgium these are usually volunteers who get a free ticket or some drinks in return.
So you are giving Jeanine who lives in the neighborhood a hard time, not someone who does this as a living.