READING Festival is continuing its work focussing on sustainability with its latest partnership ahead of the event next month.
Festival Republic has announced it is bringing the Hydro Flask to the festival, tackling plastic waste and dehydration in one fell swoop.
The event has named the Hydro Flask as the official Reusable Water Bottle Partner for 2025, with the brand helping the event to continue its mission to ditch single-use plastics across the festival.
The partnership means that there will be free-to-use Hydro Flask refill stations, exclusive bottles available, and even a few unannounced surprises still to come.
Hydro Flask produces a series of stainless steel bottles which are customisable and have a range of styles, sizes, and caps, as well as tumblers, soft coolers, and kitchenware.
Hydro Flasks have been seen in the hands of the likes of festival headliner Chappell Roan and Jonah Hill.
It comes as part of the event’s work towards its Green Nation Sustainability Charter, which pledges not only to acknowledge the impact that large events can have on the climate, but also to taking urgent action to address it.
The charter sees Festival Republic prioritising reusable containers over single-use containers and using recycled plastic wherever possible; no virgin single-use plastic is sold at the site.
Water points across the festival site also encourage attendees to re-use water bottles, and no pre-bottled water is provided as standard to crew or artists.
Soft drinks are also sold in paper cups and cans where possible, and a minimum of 50% recycled plastic elsewhere.
Plastic straws and cutlery have been banned at the event since 2009.
As of 2023, Reading Festival achieved a 77% recycling rate, aiming for a 90% waste diversion rate, though recycling and composting, by 2030.
The event sends zero waste to landfill, as all festival waste is either recycled, composted, or used to generate energy from waste.
It has also run a recycling reward scheme, cup reclaim schemes, and collaborates with a number of charities to further reduce its environmental impact, as well as previous partnerships with Music Declares Emergency.
More information about Hydro Flask is available via: hydroflask.com
Reading Festival returns to Richfield Avenue From August 21-24, with headliners Hozier, Chappell Roan, Bring Me The Horizon, and Travis Scott.
More information and tickets are available via: readingfestival.com
