Washing Reusables Onsite at Events
Can’t decide if you should wash your reusable cups and reusable food dishes onsite?
If you’re running a festival, event or market in Australia or New Zealand, this guide is for you!
Event organisers, bar staff, operations managers:
Decide if onsite washing is right for your event.
Compare different onsite washing options.
Real example setups, staff, and costs.
Tips and set up for success.
We’ve been helping events, festivals and markets switch to reusable cups and food dishes since 2018.
Every year we get asked by event organisers: Should I was my reusable cups onsite? And how do I go about this: setup, equipment, costs, people?
After washing a few million cups ourselves, we’ve learnt a thing or two so created this guide for you!
Small download the guide capture form here (make it pretty small so it fits next to the image)
Once you’ve got the guide, give me a call if you need some 1:1 guidance customised to your event.
Sam Stone, co-founder of bettercup.
Phone: 1800 881 888.
Email: sam@bettercup.com.au.
Onsite washing set up at WOMAD 2024.
Onsite washing set up at AO 2025.
Benefits of washing onsite.
Keep cups in circulation = Fewer cups needed.
Reduce your total cup inventory by washing and reusing throughout the event.
Flexibility.
Onsite washing lets you respond to real-time demand, scale quickly, and avoid running out of clean cups during peak service.
Visible reuse boosts patron participation, shows your sustainability commitment, and encourages positive behaviour change.