A plethora of tents at Glastonbury festival. Photograph: Martin Godwin
News greets us that tens of hundreds of tents left behind after festivals such as Glastonbury and T in the Park are simply thrown away. What a disaster. "MyHab" may sound like a new furniture website, but it is the name of the latest green camping innovation. Design graduate James Dunlop has come up with a waterproof, cardboard alternative that should cost between £60 and £100. But why bother with that? Don't dump your old tent. Instead, here's our guide to re-using it in a modern, um, stylish way:
• Make a waterproof, snag-free skirt. Granted, the pegs might get in the way, but you'll make the urban warrior look your own. Metallics are very in this season, yknow.
• Craft a handy air bag to capture the methane emissions from the cows on Glastonbury's Worthy Farm. Just hold it near said ruminant and gather the farts as they appear. Seal and send into the outer atmosphere away from our own.
• Cut the tent up into pieces and will make handy bibs for babies - or persons on drugs who are not very good at holding their Red Bull upright.
• Worried about UVA and UVB rays? All that skin cancer? Placed over your head, the tent's thick fibres will be ideal and keep the sun out. As well as any oiks trying to sell you dodgy Razorlight T-shirts.
• Stripped of its floor and stuck on a pole, it will make a smashing umbrella for the rain. Or a nice marquee to house your own New Folk festival.
• Ever thought your shoes were too small and inflexible? Sewn from the finest materials, SoftyTent Slippers are the answer.
• That man from the Kooks needs a place to sit under in case his hair flattens in the humidity. Rent him your tent for £10 an hour. Add hairspray for an extra 50p.
• Fill it with helium and you have invented a new kiddie space ride - just check it's moored and that the nippers don't breathe in too much gas.
• Lily Allen might be searching for a new prom dress. With a bit of needlework she could have a new look and you'll be quids in.
• Stuck for contraception? Just cut out and stitch together a small (or large) gherkin-shaped thing. Erm ... perhaps not.
• Or simply chuck it in the bin. No one will notice. Will they?
