Sustainable travel

We will encourage our visitors to travel by trains, buses, or bicycles to reduce airplane usage and its greenhouse gas emission.
Sziget’s centralized location in the capital makes it easily accessible via train. We recommend bahn.de for those traveling internationally within Europe via train and jegy.mav.hu/ for domestic train travel from within Hungary.

Bike Friendly Festival

Bike to Sziget and enjoy free bike storage, a quick repair facility, and rental services! Cycle2ySziget at least 250kms and be our guest at the Siesta Camping (you even get an extra ticket for your beloved bike) plus for an extra raincoat for your seat! Register on the link below by 31 July, 2025.

EUROVELO 6 route is yours to get right away to the Main Entrance.

Green Camping Initiatives

Say NO to single-use plastic!

Coming to the Island of Freedom with your own tent? Please grab a deposit ticket, as it is mandatory to show it to our staff at the Entrance. On your way back home, take your tent with you (or at least drop it to one of our Green Sziget Points) & redeem the ticket voucher and we’ll give the amount back. You can also drop it off at these points and donate for charity – last year we could donate 300 tents with our lovely Szitizens.

With your help, we are protecting the island from plastic pollution and by using your tent for many years, you contribute to the reduction of single use plastics and to a more circular world. Let’s work together to leave our campgrounds beautiful and green!

DID YOU KNOW THAT…

• Tents left on the island generate around 7000 kg of plastic waste, polluting the island?
• Tents are typically made from non-recyclable plastic materials and when burnt they emit components into the atmosphere which contribute to acid rain?
• One tent is equivalent to about 8,750 plastic straws?
• Last year we distributed 356 tents to charities, but collecting the tents left behind takes up a lot of time and energy?

With your help, we are protecting the island from plastic pollution and by using your tent for many years, you contribute to the reduction of single use plastics and to a more circular world.
We’ll have collection checkpoints set up throughout the grounds for campers to donate unwanted tents or other camping gear to charity – so we can make sure it is being used for a long time. Let’s work together to leave our campgrounds beautiful and green!

Camping Recycling Zones

We provide a variety of bins for selective waste collection at designated areas of campings, where you’ll always find trash bags as well.

We’ll have collection checkpoints set up throughout the grounds for campers to donate unwanted tents or other camping gear to charity. Let’s work together to leave our campgrounds beautiful and green!

Water Points by DRINKiQ

Cut back on plastic bottles and refill water at the numerous drinking water taps across the festival. Look for the droplet of water symbols on the map to locate these points.

“Low Food-print” Initiatives

The festival is working towards increasing sustainable catering options. For this year’s festival, we are encouraging all food vendors to voluntarily comply with a baseline of sustainability measures, such as providing vegetarian/vegan options, reducing/eliminating red meat, using more locally sourced/organic ingredients, utilizing environmentally friendly cleaning products and monitoring/reducing food waste. All caterers are now required to buy fruits and vegetables that are seasonally available in Hungary from a centralized food retailer that exclusively sells local/domestic in-season produce.

Recycling Programs

100 of our volunteers will be working hard to make sure all recyclable items end up in the correct bin. We will have separate receptacles for PET plastic bottles and aluminum cans throughout the festival grounds, and additional receptacles for glass bottles and cardboard will be provided to our food vendors.
A deposit system introduced this year in Hungary aims to increase recycling. As part of this, we are providing an opportunity to return these PET bottles and aluminum cans at three Green Sziget Points.

Collective Composting Lab

We are extending our composting program, which was awarded with European Innovation Award in 2019. We are increasing the number of bins to 150 to collect the biodegradable plates and cutlery.

Re-Cup

In order to minimize waste, a system of reusable cup is implemented at Sziget. The goal of the reusable cup system is to achieve that optimally a Szitizen uses only one cup during Sziget. Within the frames of this, you purchase a 0,33 l or 0,5 l reusable cup for HUF 800 (for each) and reusable shot-glass for HUF 400, which may be used for multiple consumption (ofc after cleaning). If you don’t need it temporary, you can exchange it for a token (0,33 and 0,5 cup for 1 token each, 2 shot cup for 1 token, and only unharmed and empty cups are in the game) at the bars and if you need a drink, you can exchange the token for a new cup.
If you don’t need it anymore, you can exchange it for HUF 400 at Green Sziget Points (unharmed and empty 0,33 l or 0,5 l cups, max 2 at the same time). This amount will be credited either to your credit card or your wristband. Cups from previous years cannot be exchanged for new cups.

Don’t Suck!

Straws are extremely harmful to the environment, therefore bartenders will only provide reusable straws upon request.

Pocket Ashtrays

Available by request at camping receptions, information points and Green Sziget Points.

Green Deal Circular Festivals Monitor

As a member of the Green Deal Circular Festivals, in 2023 for the first time we collected accurate data on our emissions and our ecological footprint in different areas, comparable to other festivals. Based on a model developed through an international collaboration, we have collected data along 5 themes (energy, material flows, travel and transport, water, hospitality). Ongoing measurements will help us to identify appropriate intervention points and priorities, and provide feedback on the success of our interventions.

Superar

We have partnered with Superar in an effort to demonstrate the impact and power that music and musical education have on society as a whole. We support music lessons for children through this program.