Mumford & Sons celebrated Earth Day this year by sharing how they were able to reduce the carbon footprint of their Delta tour. The band shared a lengthy message on Instagram, revealing their efforts and their impact: "14,802 lbs of recycling was diverted from landfills; 10,500 lbs of compost was diverted from landfills; 58,000 single use plastic water bottles were avoided backstage alone! Hotel toiletry collection (of what would otherwise be landfill) to donate to homeless shelters; Greener products for cleaning the tour buses; Boxed water management instead of relying on venues' plastic disposable water. Water refill stations set up throughout backstage to encourage the use of provided Swell and Nalgene bottles," but that's not all.
There was also a fan-based impact. "The @rcuponeplanet program at concessions eliminated 60,000 disposable plastic cups across the tour," they wrote. "The @reverb_org RockNRefill program eliminated 16,000 disposable plastic bottles at just 18 shows. Fans took 10,000 actions, including signing up with local non-profits, at 18 shows."
They also want to offset carbon emissions from tour, and said another statement was coming that would detail how they plan to do that. See Mumford & Sons' full note below.
Though they won't be hitting the road anytime soon, Marcus Mumford has been keeping himself busy in quarantine. Earlier this month, he shared a video filmed in isolation for the band's new song "You'll Never Walk Alone."
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