The bundles make the carnival trinidad more sustainable

From dazzling costumes to lush parties, Trinidad’s carnival is often called “the greatest show on Earth.”

But some of its elements are not quite environmentally friendly, and the festivities are estimated to produce 3.4 tons of waste each year, according to Carnicycle, a local initiative aimed at making festive events more stable.

Danii Mcletchie, which co -established CarnicyCle in 2018, says that while the carnival is “most of our culture”, it also has a very negative impact on the environment “from events, to textiles, to costumes” used by masquerade, viewers and suppliers who participated in the two days.

Production and transportation of only one carnival costume can create approximately 37.68 kg (83 pounds) CO2 emissions, Sarnicycle estimates based on the calculations made using the Internet tools provided by the Swedish technology company Doconomy.

Denmark and her team are working to carry out such an assessment of a third party, but with tens of thousands of masquerades, which every year will please, she says the amount of emissions is anxious.

To reduce these emissions, Carnicycle has launched a processing program, collecting unused costumes that would be thrown away or burned by masquerade groups that use new costume designs each year.

Carnicycle also exposes bunkers for hotels and other places, so thrown costumes can be re -used.

“Until last year, we have collected about 10,000 materials with costumes,” Denmark BBC said, describing the difficult task of completely deprived of costume trucks to keep feathers, beads and other materials for further use.

The rescued materials are sold to the designers of costumes, ravers and people in the burlesque industry who are saving while buying a second hand.

Carnicycle also rents large backpacks that are a popular part of the costumes that are worn on the Trinidad Carnival. Their price can be up to $ 700 (550 pounds), depending on the size.

Denmark explains that they came up with this idea when they heard Gulyakov, complain not only of expenses, but also about the weight of the backpacks. “” I cry as much money, but then it’s hard, and as long as it’s lunch, I just want to throw it away, “recalls Dani people who say.

Carnicycle rent backpacks to the masquerades long enough so they can pose for photos, but are exempted from the load during the parade.

Co-founder Danii and Carnicycle Luke Haris in addition to the environment occupies the state initiative – not the only ones that devote their free time to create a Carnival Trinidad, both fun and environmentally friendly

Aliya Clark’s lawyer and fashion designer Kalin Sanois started a by-business called the 2nd Cabinet-Savings Shop where people can buy and sell pre-clothing.

They also made videos with tips on how to turn the costumes into beach clothes and outfits for other cases.

Aliae told the BBC that she first made for herself: “After I finished my suit, I would break it, literally down to the wire and understood how to do it in something else to wear outside the carnival.”

Now she shares her ideas in the video -segment, two millennia called “Tipsy Tuesday”.

They also offer a service for sorting a cabinet that provides arrival to a person’s house and sorting through unwanted clothes to save items suitable for sale in their pop -up care store.

The fact that Kalin thinks is the testimony of the work they did, they were asked to sort the machel Montano closet, music known as “Soca King” and the superstar in the carnival world.

“Clothing is a personal belongings, especially for someone like Machel, which has so many great moments tied to his works,” Kalin explains.

After sorting Machel’s shoes and clothing, the 2nd closet organized a two-day shop, giving people the opportunity to buy items that machel on stage and in his music videos.

“People came with pictures and looked like” I’m looking for this work, “Alia recalls the enthusiasm for fans to the subjects in the patron.

But costumes and outfits are not the only items processed to make Trinidad’s festive events more environmentally friendly.

In the feta with the saints, the party, which many consider one of the Carnival Trinidada, the food is eaten with a biodegradable wooden cutlery, and drinks are poured into multiple cups.

Feta organizers are a fundraiser for one of the best Trinidad and Tobago schools – also hiring “garbage detectives” to provide patrons to sort and dispose of the garbage for disposal.

It is estimated that this year the garbage detectives helped more than twice the number of recorded disposal compared to the two years.

“Over the last three years, we have actually prevented more than a million plastic to enter the landfill, I think there may be more than five tons of a glass,” says Vandana Mangra, co-founder Cofy Loop Caribbean, a company that started working with the organizers of Fete with the saints in 2023.

Joseph Khadad, co -chairman of the party’s organizing committee, says that those who behind the event knew that their efforts make it more green, “will add some layer of expenses and more work.” But he “worked” unwavering “and insists that the party spirit was not muted.

These green efforts welcome patrons such as Rolland Riley, who acknowledged this “a good initiative with the saints to follow this path.”