In Belgium, festival-goers' urine could be recycled

The Dranouter festival will take place from August 3rd to 5th, 2018. It will be held to give an unprecedented experience on the occasion of its 43 ^e edition, it will try to recycle the urine of festival-goers to turn it into drinking water.

A festival committed to the ecology

Recycling waste begins to become common in festivals, but the operation takes an astonishing turn when it comes to the natural needs of visitors Urine recycling has never been experimented with The Dranouter festival is a pioneer of this practice

One of the members of the festival underlines the commitment of the teams in favor of the environment, but it also explains the wish of all go even further. With other Flemish festivals Dranouter is committed to WAVE. This is a joint program in which 40,000 euros have already been invested. Various experiments will be conducted among which is the project Saturn. It consists in transforming the urine of festival-goers into drinking water.

Separating water, fertilizer and pharmaceuticals

Sebastiaan Derese and Giliam Agten are two researchers from the University of Ghent at HLN. They explain that urine contains fertilizer and pharmaceuticals. Thus, the goal is to recover water and fertilizer so that urine is turned into drinking water. If it is an unprecedented experiment, the music festival does not really stop there.

The programming of the festival Dranouter 2018:

Dranouter goes also commit to green energy to educate visitors. Eco-zones will be created, and the "poncho" project will be set up. It consists of transforming abandoned tents into ponchos. In addition to these amazing new features, the festival will host a dozen artists over three days. Rapper Angèle, Richard Thompson and Les Négresses Vertes will be present, among others. If this experience intrigues you, know that places are still available for sale.