Tomorrowland's Sustainability Journey
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A temporary city with a lasting legacy
Tomorrowland's Sustainability Journey, in five values and the work behind them.
In summary
Every year, Tomorrowland builds a city, fills it with hundreds of thousands of people, and takes it back down again.
Five values.
One direction.
Tomorrowland's sustainability work has been organised around five values since 2013, reaffirmed in 2023. Each value carries its own 2030 targets, its own metrics, and its own list of projects already in motion.
Five values
One system — set in 2013, reaffirmed in 2023. Hover or tap a value to explore it.
Responsibility
Nature
Innovation
Health
RespectHover/tap to scroll to the value.
What gets thrown away is what gets noticed
Responsibility
Circular economy, procurement, and business ethics. Responsibility is about accountability for every choice the festival makes, from the cup in a visitor's hand to the contract a partner signs.
2025
45%
of festival waste recycled in 2025
2030
70%
The target
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CALYX
Getting to 70% starts at the bin.
One CALYX sorting bin
900
custom-designed CALYX sorting bins installed across festival sites
15
waste streams across the festival sites
Supported by 500 Recycle Team volunteers and 25,000 recycle kits distributed in 2025.
The festival exists inside the planet, not next to it
Nature
Water, climate, energy, mobility, biodiversity. The work that protects what Tomorrowland is built within.
Air & climate
Global Journey · 2025
467
tonnes of CO₂ avoided in 2025, through Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Every Tomorrowland party flight now runs on Sustainable Aviation Fuel. On the ground, switching to HVO100 biofuel cut energy-related emissions at Tomorrowland Belgium by 54%.
Water
But the biggest savings are the ones nobody sees.
the water in one regular flush
Water saved using vacuum toilets
Water a vacuum toilet still uses
Vacuum toilets use
over 90%
less water than a regular flush.
Tomorrowland Belgium and Winter use vacuum toilets instead of conventional systems, significantly reducing water consumption across the festivals.
And what’s collected doesn’t go to waste.
800 hectares
of farmland in France are fed by 2,000 litres of urine collected at the festival and turned into bio-fertiliser.
Joy and responsibility are not in conflict.
Innovation is what proves it.
Innovation
From smart RFID cup systems to a year-round Impact Circle that links startups to the world's largest companies, innovation is the bridge between celebration and progress.
Love Tomorrow Summit
Once a year, the festival becomes a forum.
ECO2JET
Cleaner smoke effects, without losing the spectacle.
Magic, but not at the cost of the people inside it.
Health
Tomorrowland is responsible for the wellbeing of everyone involved: employees, festival workers, artists, security teams, and the 450,000 people who walk through the gates.
Move to Happiness
A quiet place to land, in the middle of all the noise.
Move to Happiness sanctuary
10,302
visitors recharged in 2025
Up from 1,500 in its first year.
We Care A Lot
Someone is always looking out for you.
On site, every day
0+
care providers
0
security staff
0
firefighters
0
police officers
Accompanied by on-site psychologists, two conversation booths, and 0 mobile soft-care volunteers move through the crowd.
Drink More Water
Small things, handed out by the thousand.
Drink More Water put 30,000 water cans in hands at Tomorrowland Belgium and 14,000 at Tomorrowland Winter.
On the plates, the Love Tomorrow Summit serves 70% vegetarian or vegan food.
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A city of 194 nationalities works because the smallest community is taken seriously.
Respect
Surrounding communities and inclusion. The relationships outside the festival fence matter as much as the line-up inside it.
Community & inclusion
Respect begins beyond the festival gates and continues on every stage.
Around the festival
Love the Neighbours
12,500
local residents at the annual Neighbourhood Party
35,000
copies of the neighbourhood newspaper in circulation
Within the festival
Representation on stage
Over20%
of the line-up are female artists
And the share continues to grow.
With permanent marks on Boom — One World Bridge · Magical Troll Forest · Stairway to Unity
Tomorrowland Belgium
Visit website400,000
visitors
194
nationalities
Tomorrowland Winter
Visit website22,000
visitors
103
nationalities
2025, in numbers.
A snapshot of where the work stands today. The full breakdown sits in the report.
Nature
467
tonnes of CO₂ avoided through Sustainable Aviation Fuel on Global Journey flights
Health
10,302
visitors recharged at Move to Happiness
Innovation
6,000
attendees at Love Tomorrow Summit 2025
Nature
90%
reduction in water use with vacuum toilets at Tomorrowland Winter
Respect
12,500
local residents at the Neighbourhood Party
Nature
54%
reduction in energy-related emissions at Tomorrowland Belgium through HVO100
Responsibility
235
farmer families supported through crew cotton sourcing
Nature
52%
of on-site electricity from renewable providers, up from 44% in 2023
Nature
158
wild species recorded at the Terhagen Clay Pits bee sanctuary
Nature
70
tonnes of CO₂-equivalent avoided through urine-to-fertiliser
From idea to impact.
A handful of the work currently in motion. The full library lives on the projects page.
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Nature
Mobility
The MainStage's journey to Thailand doesn't start on the road
Before Tomorrowland's MainStage sails to Thailand, its journey out of Belgium starts by water, not by road, cutting CO₂ and truck traffic along the way.
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Responsibility
Circular economy & waste
Love Tomorrow at Tomorrowland Belgium 2026
Discover the new Love Tomorrow sustainability projects integrating at Tomorrowland Belgium 2026, from the Recycle Club 2.0 and waterless toilets to 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel and inclusive design.
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Go deeper
The full Sustainability Journey, page by page.
Methodology, baselines, third-party audits, the wins, the misses, and every number behind every claim on this page.
Download the report
2025