Cardboard Tents for UK Festivals
Musical Festivals across the country could soon be transformed thanks to green entrepreneur, James Dunlop, who has come up with the idea of recyclable cardboard tents.
Myhabs, as they will be known, sleep two and are made from recyclable cardboard sheets attached to a reusable plastic frame. The frame includes a lockable compartment for storing valuables and is fitted with a solar powered light. According to the inventor, they will withstand five days of even the heaviest UK storms. (Really?)
For music events, the Myhabs will be ordered online and put up at the sites by the Myhab team before the festival goers arrive and removed by the company afterwards.
They can even be personalised and will be priced between £60 and £100 if people agree to sell the exterior advertising space. James Dunlop (who has received funding from the finance group, Mint) said: "When I spoke to waste managers at the festivals, they said that their biggest problem was the number of tents that are discarded. That's a big part of the post-festival clear up."
Major festivals such as Glastonbury throw away some 10,000 abandoned tents at the end of events each year. Dunlop also hopes that Myhabs will be used for disaster relief housing.
The first Myhabs were trialed this summer - presumably at a soggy Glastonbury Festival. A great idea, but not one for Dragon's Den we suggest.