Festivals have made great strides in sustainability, and we’re here to help take it further. At Event Cup Solutions, we design bespoke systems to help organisers move from single-use packaging to sustainable, reusable cup hire for festivals. Our carbon-literate experts have years of industry experience and provide the best advice to meet your needs. With our team’s knowledge and support, you can make your festival greener while knowing you’re in safe hands.
As a festival organiser, you need a supplier who can handle peak demand – no cups means no drink sales and unhappy customers. Event Cup Solutions offers the largest capacity of any UK provider, with six company-owned wash centres equipped with state-of-the-art Meiko IQ Conveyor washers designed for reusable cups and food packaging. Together, we can wash and dry over 100 million cups annually, ensuring your event runs smoothly, whatever the volume.
Managing cups at festivals can be challenging – from stocking bars to handling returns. Event Cup Solutions offers tailored services to make your festival reusable cup hire a success. Our fully managed option puts our team on site to oversee stock flow and transparency, while part-managed and supply-only options give flexibility. We handle supply, collection, washing, and redistribution, ensuring a smooth, sustainable, and hassle-free cup solution for your festival.
At Event Cup Solutions, we handle all nationwide deliveries and collections with our own trucks and drivers, ensuring your cups arrive exactly where and when needed. Our drivers work alongside your on-site crew as part of the team. With six logistics and wash centres nationwide, we can respond to spikes in demand, returning cleaned cups to site the same day – so you’ll never face the risk of running out.
To serve great food and drinks, you need great products – and we offer the best festival reusable cups range on the market. Our cold and hot drink cups are tried, tested, and built to last. Our generic ‘ONE’ brand encourages positive user behaviour, with a proven loss rate of less than 5%, compared to branded reusable cups (also known as souvenir cups) which are known to have a loss rate of circa 40%.
Festivals are driving sustainability, and engaging customers is key to making reusable cup systems work. Our marketing team helps you deliver clear, consistent messages that boost return rates, improve sustainability performance, and save money. From pre-event ticket emails to on-site signage, announcements, and social media campaigns, we guide you every step. An online video call with our marketing lead can show you exactly how to engage festival-goers and maximise your cup returns.
We’re fully committed to delivering a carbon-neutral solution. Partnering with Climate Partner, we minimise emissions and offset the rest, bringing our carbon footprint to zero. Our wash machines run on 100% renewable energy and use minimal water, while our polypropylene cups are certified carbon-neutral. This means you can proudly offer a truly sustainable reusable cup system, showcasing your commitment to the environment and responsible business practices. We can help your festival towards your own environmental & sustainability goals.
At Event Cup Solutions, our success is measured by cup retention, not sales or losses. The more cups returned, the more we can reuse them, reducing waste and costs. We help design and implement full cup collection systems, from return points to bins, making it easy for customers to give cups back. Simple, effective collection boosts returns – and we’re here to make it happen for your event with our reusable cups for festivals & concerts.
