Eco & Environment, Wimborne | Posted on January 9th, 2025 | return to news
Help Wimborne design a reusable festival cup
People have until 31 January to help a local artist to come up with designs for a cup to be used during the Wimborne Minster Folk Festival.
It is just a few months until we can enjoy the hugely popular Wimborne Minster Folk Festival – 6 to 8 June – and this year there will be an effort to reduce the amount of plastic waste produced.
Planet Wimborne and Wimborne War on Waste have teamed up with the festival organisers, the Town Council, Wimborne BID and the majority of pubs in the town to launch the reusable Wimborne Cup at this year’s Festival. The Wimborne Cup can then be used for any other event in the town.
Sarah Wise from Wimborne War on Waste said: “We live in a beautiful town that is known for its environmental credentials including achieving ‘Plastic Free Community’ status in 2018. The introduction of the Wimborne Cup is a great way for the town to cut down plastic waste.”
Now the public have the chance to help design the artwork for the cup so that it reflects the town’s historic achievements and landmarks. Local artist, Becky Dodd of Doddy Design, has been commissioned to produce the design for the cup.
Dodd said: “I’m so excited to be producing the artwork for the Wimborne Cup and really want to know what the public want to see on the cup. You just need to go to my Doddy Design website (https://doddydesign.com/wimborne-cup-questionnaire) to leave your ideas by Friday 31 January.”
Becky will produce three iconic designs, and then the public will have the opportunity to vote on their favourite.
At the Folk Festival, pubs will offer the reusable Wimborne Cup for £1. The cup can then be used at all other participating pubs and so cut down on plastic waste. In addition, people visiting the town will be encouraged to bring their own reusable festival cup and, providing it is marked for a pint measure, pubs will be happy to use them. This scheme is based on other successful UK street festivals.
Katherine Valenti, landlady of The Green Man and chairperson of Wimborne Pubwatch, a group of publicans who come together to share information, said: “We are 100 per cent behind this scheme and see it as a great way for the pubs of Wimborne to help cut plastic waste.”
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