Star-studded summer for Ryans
A-list artists, thousands of fans, and tonnes of waste: it all adds up to a memorable summer for the staff of Ryans Cleaning, as they help to clean up the sites of some of the UK’s largest music festivals and events. Here, Ryans Cleaning Waste Manager, Aisling Ryan, tells the story of the summer of 2013.
I could hear Mick Jagger over the cacophony of noise, and I could see just a small part of the massive crowd of 65,000 who were baying for more.
However, my attention was fi rmly on what was coming later tonight: another big clean-up to get Hyde Park prepared for the fi nal day and night of one of the summer’s most memorable music events, after two weeks of ongoing entertainment; all in a day’s work on the road with the Ryans Cleaning roadshow for the summer of 2013.
at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, in June, Manchester Parklife in June, and two weeks at Hyde Park in July cleaning at one of the biggest events of its kind. Not to mention a plethora of other events such as the Irish Open Golf, Balmoral Show and events starting for Croke Park in Dublin.
That added up to a mountain of waste: 600tonnes to be precise, with 21 articulated lorry loads of tents.
We only had to look at the calendar highlights to know that we had to be prepared. We had the hugely popular Download Festival at Donington Park in May, Robbie Williams and Rhianna
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The Download Festival at Donington Park in the Leicestershire countryside ran over the three days, with more than 90,000 people each day. Indeed, 75,000 people camped across 13 camp sites covering 115 acres of land to see 150 bands. That added up to a mountain of waste: 600tonnes to be precise, with 21 articulated lorry loads of tents, and not
to mention the 300 plus Ryans Cleaning staff.
The logistics for managing an outside festival such as Download are challenging. We arranged sleeper cabins for our staff to
live on site for the duration of the operation. The work itself is something akin to working like a plague of locusts: nothing is left after we have combed the site and even cigarette butts are picked. The sites are, in fact, very often better than when we took them on.
We have a plan well worked out in advance of any of the festivals and everyone knows exactly what they’re doing and what their role is. We also have a site manager in place making sure that all the staff get a voucher for their breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is important to make sure all of our staff are well looked after, so they can then get on with the job they are here to do without worrying about accommodation and food. The jackets and t-shirts provided make sure they are recognised as part of our team, in full work mode.
I keep an eye out to see how things are going generally, and Download goes pretty smoothly. I watch out for
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