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How Ultra Music Festival 2025 Diverted Nearly 50 Tons of Waste From Landfill Hell

Here's how Ultra Music Festival's 2025 edition diverted 50 tons of waste from landfills and avoided the use of millions of single-use plastics.

Belzaguy Hunter had just learned that the event for which she runs the sustainability program, Miami’s mighty Ultra Music Festival, had gotten a glowing review from volunteercleanup.org, a local environmental organization. Its whopping sustainability stats are a function of Mission Home’s focus on waste reduction, a core principle of the program alongside pollution prevention, nature preservation, climate action and community engagement. With a strong focus on community engagement, Mission: Home hosts shoreline cleanups, fundraisers for local non-profits and a long-term “leave no trace” campaign that educates those involved with the festival, from vendors to fans.

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