Actions in favor of environmental protection

Fireworks manufacturers are increasingly concerned with environmental protection, and design fireworks to produce maximum enjoyment and visibility, while using high-quality pyrotechnics in reasonable quantities and strategic locations.
In its programming, the festival selects teams of manufacturer or independent pyrotechnicians who focus on the quality of pyrotechnic items, not quantity. The aim is not to “fill” the tables with a mass of lower-quality products, but to give preference to high-quality products, often European, for the larger calibers, whose persistence in the sky avoids excessive consumption.

Cleaning up the Bay of Cannes

For over 20 years, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès has had specialized companies clean up the Festival firing zone in the Bay of Cannes and the seabed during the International Pyrotechnics Festival. Since 2005, each Festival fireworks display has been followed by 2 clean-ups:
Immediately after the fireworks, the first boat, equipped with long-range searchlights, goes out for 2 hours to collect surface waste, using nets on the sides of the boat (with a 3.5-metre span) attached to 70-litre bags.
In the early hours of the next morning, divers then scoured the extended shooting zone to remove any waste that had settled on the seabed.

Contractual commitments with fireworks suppliers

The Festival forbids the use of bombs with plastic shells.
Firing cases or any other firing system can be connected via an HF (High Frequency) radio signal. There is no cable connection. As sand consumption is a major environmental issue, the festival, which uses sand to wedge fireworks onto barges, is implementing new solutions to limit its use as much as possible. Indeed, from 10t of bulk sand per firework 15 years ago, we have reduced our consumption to 6t per summer in recent years, thanks to the reconditioning of more durable burlap bags, and will finally reduce our consumption to 2t per season by 2024, with a new wedging system for the largest calibres.

Public awareness campaigns

We are encouraging the public to carpool or take the train through communication on the website and social networks.
The SNCF is reinforcing and adapting its transport plan to coincide with the fireworks display.