Revelation that makes Trinidad Carnival more sustainable

From dazzling costumes to rich partys, Trinididad Carnival is often called “the biggest show on the planet.”

However, some of the factors are not exactly eco -friendly, and the festival is estimated to produce 3.4 tons of waste every year, according to Carnicycle, a regional initiative that makes the festival more sustainable.

Danii McLetchie, who co -founded Carnicycle in 2018, says that the big part of our culture is “a very negative environmental impact from this case, fabric, and Wednesday two days before the parade.

If you produce and transport a single carnival costume bra, you can produce about 37.68kg (83LB) of CO2 emissions, and you can create a Carnicycle estimation depending on the calculations written using the online tools provided by the Swedish Tech Company Doconomy.

Danii and her team say that a third party is trying to verify its estimates, but it is the cause of concern for tens of thousands of mask parade.

To reduce these emissions, CARNICYCLE started a recycling program and collected unused costumes that were discarded by the most vice -band that used the new costume design every year.

Carnicycle can also reuse abandoned costumes by installing collection writing in hotels and other places.

Danii told the BBC, “We collected about 10,000 pieces of costume materials by last year.

The recovered materials are sold to the people of the costume designers, the labber and the passage industry, and are purchased and obtained.

Carnicycle also leases a large backpack, a popular part of the costume worn by Trinida de Carnival. The price can run up to $ 700 (550 pounds) depending on the size.

Danii explains that the hearing accompaniment has come up with the idea after complaining about the weight of the backpack as well as the cost. Danni says people say.

Karknike can rent the backpack the longest and poses for the photo, but you don’t have to load it during the parade.

Luke Harris-co-founder of Danii and Carnicycle, who maintain full time jobs in addition to the environment plan -Trinidad de carnival is not the only person who spends leisure time to make it fun and eco -friendly.

Attorney Aliyah Clarke and fashion designer Kaleen Sanois have started a side job called 2nd Closet.

The two are also creating video tutorials with tips on how to convert costumes to costumes different from beachwear.

Aliya told the BBC that she was the first time she did. “After finishing the costume, we will literally go down to the wire and find out how to make something that can be worn outside the carnival.”

Now she is sharing ideas in the video segment.

They also offer services that suffer from the closet, which is associated with coming to a person’s house to organize unwanted clothes and rescue things to sell at pop -up used goods stores.

Kaleen believes that it is evidence of what he’s doing, and he has been asked to classify the huge wardrobe of MACHEL MONTANO, known as “SOCA,” and Machel Montano, a superstar of Carnival World.

Kaleen explains, “Clothes are especially personal things for someone like MACHEL with a big moment tied to their works.”

After sorting Machel’s shoes and clothes, the 2nd Closet organized a two -day pop -up store to provide people with the opportunity to buy the items worn by MACHEL on the stage and music videos.

Aliya recalls fans’ passion for used items.

But costumes and costumes are not the only items that are recycled to make the Trinidad Festival more environmentally friendly.

In FETE, with the saints, many people eat it with a biodegradable wooden knife at a party that is considered one of the best trinida de carnivals, and the drinks are poured into a reusable cup.

The organizer of FETE, a fundraising event for one of TrinidAd and Tobago’s top -ranking secondary schools, also hires “empty criminals” so that the sponsor can classify and dispose of garbage for recycling.

This year, Bin Detective is estimated to help more than doubled the amount of recyclables that have been captured compared to the two years combined in the last two years.

“In the last three years, we have actually prevented more than a million single plastics from entering the landfill. There will be more than 5 tons of glass.”

Joseph Hadad, co -chairman of the Party’s Organizing Committee, said that the people behind the event said they would “add some costs and more labor.” But he insists that it is “work” and the party spirit has not weakened.

These green efforts are welcomed by patrons like Roland Riley. Roland Riley welcomes you as “a good initiative to go with the saints with the saints.”