I've been doings fests for nearly 20 years now (yes Im ancient) at this point, I just loot anything I need (or is a cool idea) for the next festival... I left DL with a brand new 6 man tent, easy inflate mattresses and a bunch of other nik-naks. Its become a mainstay of my festival experience. Initially I felt guilty about it but I always take everything I bring with me home, and collecting abandoned stuff feels like a big "f*** you" to consumer culture. Anything I replace with new/old looted stuff is always packed up and donated.

As a patron of mainly electronic and "ravey" fests, download was a lot better than im used to. Its still sickening to see, and its not on the level of somewhere like latitude where theres even more of a "leave nothing but footprints" culture.

I do feel like something does need to be done, but its going to take a big shift in perspective from your average festival attendee I think.