The real backstage experience – join guided walks to the restricted Nature Conservation Area!
Every day at 13:00 and 15:00
Green Sziget
Our goal is to make the Sziget Festival “future-proof” through a scientifically grounded, cohesive and transparent greening program.
This includes striving for circularity and emissions reductions across all activites, protecting the ecosystem of Óbuda Island, and raising awareness through dedicated programs.
GREEN SZIGET CENTER PROGRAM
Every day 12:00-19:00 – At the Center you can learn about our sustainability efforts, repair torn items, discover the secret life of bees, and explore the ecosystem of Óbuda Island!
Got a hole in your tent or mattress? Is your clothing or shoe worn out? Don’t throw it away – we’ll fix it at the Repair Café! Check out the Plastic Rehab studio too!
Build a community bee hotel, discover the life of bees and the unique biodiversity of the island through interactive workshops!
- create, learn, and connect with nature!
Discover the creatures living all around us that you may never have noticed! And find out how the Municipality of Budapest protects them.
Tree-watering parades on Thursday, Friday, Saturday 11:00 am
Emerged from a cycling journey along the Danube from Vienna to Sziget Festival, this program invites you to reflect on the river as a living political and ecological system.
Chat and learn about the broader context of climate change – we’ll reward your participation with a stamp! You can also make a pledge to protect the island’s ecosystem.
Come by the Center any time to learn about our sustainability measures – we are happy to answer any questions!
Explore Budapest’s coolest district and examples of the sharing economy! In the mini-city a free fashion stand, clothes swap parties, and dance warm-ups await.
DEPOSIT POINT SERVICES
Reusable cup returns – Return your reusable cups here before heading home.
Tent deposit returns – By showing your packed up tent reclaim your tent deposit.
Camping gear donation – If you no longer need them, donate your camping gear to a charitable cause.
Recycling bags – If cou need bags for selective waste collection, ask here!
Join us and support our programs!
Find out what we’re doing to make the festival greener – and how you can help too!
Farmers’ market
– look for it near the camping area!
Healthy, local, and seasonal treats at the Farm2Fork and other local producer stalls!
Cycle to Sziget
Come to Sziget by bike along the EUROVELO6 route straight to the Main Entrance, and park you bike in our free storage!
Cycle at least 250 km to Sziget and be our guest in the Nations camping area plus recieve a super seat rain cover! Register by July 31st on the link below.
Rivers of Democracy
Guided Tour along the Danube
This year we also offering a guided tour, which you can join from Vienna or Bratislava.
What if getting to a festival was part of the festival itself?
This summer, our partner, European Alternatives invites you to arrive at Sziget by bicycle, following the flow of the Danube from Vienna to Budapest.
By joining the cycling route you will travel alongside the group, becoming a part of a transnational initiative that reimagines rivers as rights holders and rethinks what democracy means. Deadline 24th of July.
Green travel
Choose low-emission transport! Visitor’s flights account for 80% of the island’s CO2 emissions.
Look into what alternative, community travel options are available to you!
Tent deposit – love your tent!
Please don’t leave anything behind after camping – not your tent, not your camping chair, nothing.
If you are coming to Sziget with your own tent, please purchase a leave-no-tent deposit ticket. Present this to our colleagues when exchanging your ticket – without it you won’t be allowed to enter with a tent. On your way home, take your tent with you, show it at one of the Green Sziget Points or Camping Receptions along with your deposit ticket, and we’ll refund it. At the drop-off points you can also leave your tent or other camping gear, donating it to a charitable cause. Last year, around 300 tents reached people in need.
Biodegradable tableware and composting
Whatever you eat, your food comes in biodegradable tableware, dramatically reducing the number of single-use plastics. As a next step, we ensure that all compostable waste (tableware and any food scraps) is composted! Our composting program won the AGF Innovation Award in 2019!
Please, after you’ve eaten, throw the compostable tableware in the organic bins!
Decreasing Foodprint
For years we have been working to increase vegetarian and vegan options while reducing the number of dishes containing red meat. We encourage our food vendors to use local, seasonal, and organic ingredients.
Try our healthy and exciting meet-free dishes and help us reduce the Foodprint!
Green Caterer
This year applicants to the Green Caterer category committed to the following five sustainability measures:
- Only uses eggs marked with code 2 or lower (2 = deep-litter, 1= free range, 0=organic)
- Any exotic ingredients used (i.e from outside Europe, like pineapple, mango, banana, cashew, coconut, chia seeds, quinoa, cocoa, chocolate) are fair trade or organic certified.
- The fish sold is farmed or caught in Hungary or neighbouring countries, or comes from a sustainable fishery/fish farm.
- 100% of the main courses on the menu (or in the case of establishments only selling drinks, the drinks) are
- vegan, or
- vegetarian (diary products from organic or hungarian producers), or
- contain meat sourced from free-range animals
(or the offering is a mix of the above)
- Does not use palm oil from non-sustainable sources, nor any processed product containing palm oil from non-sustainable sources.
Water station supported by DrinkIQ
Use fewer plastic bottles – bring your own water bottle and refill it at one of the drinking water stations or at the food courts. Look for the big water drops on the map!
Recycling Programs
Our volunteers and cleaners work hard to ensure that recyclable materials end up in the right bins, allowing us to contribute to the circular economy. Separate collection containers are placed throughout the festival grounds for plastic and metal,as well as organic waste, with additional containers for glass bottles, cardboard, and used cooking oil provided for food vendors. Together with our partners, we also separately collect wood, decoration, construction and demolition, and electronic waste.
Help us by throwing your rubbish in the right bin!
If you collect a bag of recyclable wast and hand it in at one of the Depozit Points, you’ll recieve a gift! Bags can also be requested at the Deposit Points.
Reusable Cup
In 2025, we avoided producing around 500,000 plastic cups, so around 5 tonnes of plastic waste, by using reusable cups!
The cups are kept in circulation through our deposit-return system, and last year only 15% of cups were lost. Use your cup as many times as it feels good, and at the end return it at one of the Depozit Points!
Don’t suck 2.0 – straw guidelines
Straws are particularly harmful to the environment, so our bar staff will only give them out to those who specifically ask.
Choose the stad-free life.
