Organisers of this year’s Porthleven Food Festival have pledged that this year’s event will be the greenest yet.

There is less than a month to go to the tenth anniversary festival, which will take place over the long weekend of April 20 and 22.

Only compostable cups will be used in the official bars and all traders on site have had to sign a Green Traders’ Charter agreement, with a food recycling company employed to reduce the environmental impact event further.

It is all part of this year’s festival theme, “Anti Plastic? Fantastic!”, with the festival also planning to raise awareness of anti-plastic issues with a number of artworks and speakers.

Festival chairman David Turnbull said: “We are aware that as a festival we have an environmental impact and we are committed to minimising that as much as we can.

“We’ve spoken to the head of waste management at Glastonbury and the team who look after the Eden Project’s recycling to get advice on the best way to tackle how we deal with waste. I’m proud to say this has resulted in a whole host of new measures and activities for this year’s event.”

The Green Traders’ Charter means everyone trading on stalls at the festival has agreed that all serving-ware – such as cutlery, cups, plates and boxes - is compostable, that items like sugar, salt, pepper and sauces will not be in single sachets and that they will use the recycling and compost systems provided, as well as ensure no single-use plastic bags will be issued. They’ve also been asked to make every effort to source their food and drink sustainably and reduce food miles.

A company called Andigestion has been brought in to collect, sort and recycle any food waste into energy and fertiliser for farms.

More than 30,000 visitors are expected over the three days and they are also being encouraged to do their bit, by bringing their own water bottle that can be refilled at various shops, businesses and restaurants in the town as well as at a special bowser on the Family Field being organised by local volunteers from community anti-plastics group, Refresh Porthleven.

Julia Schofield, from Refresh Porthleven, said: “We’re so pleased the Food Festival Committee agreed to run with this year’s theme of ‘Anti Plastic? Fantastic!’ We have to stop throwing away plastic after using it once for five minutes and we have to stop clogging up the sea and killing wildlife.

“We’ll be offering people the chance to sign their own anti-plastic pledge at our stall, and find out easy things to do at home to drastically cut down.”

Awareness-raising artworks on site will include the 30ft Surfers Against Sewage warship made from plastic waste, dresses created by eco fashion designer Linda Thomas to highlight individual waste issues such as plastic throwaway body boards and helium balloons, and a wave of bottles created by children from Helston Community College.

The festival opens at 10am on Friday with music, stalls and food suppliers around the harbour and has a full line-up until close on Sunday.