We are respon­sible for a refund sta­tion and a large-scale reverse ven­ding machine, which can be com­pa­red to the bottle recycling machine you find at your local super­mar­ket, but much larger. Festi­val guests bring their col­lected retur­nab­les to our sta­tion and have the value trans­fer­red. We receive the retur­nable con­tai­ners, count them, and sort them. The festi­val ensu­res the con­tai­ners are col­lected and recyc­led. You can get a depo­sit on cans, bott­les, card­bo­ard hand­les, shot glas­ses, pit­chers, cups, etc.

Roskilde Festi­val has a rule that all volun­te­ers must work a total of 32 hours. We have chosen to use 8‑hour shifts, so eve­ry­one will work 4 shifts of 8 hours each.

As a volun­teer with SdU, we offer you a cozy brunch every mor­ning in our volun­teer tent, Val­halla. Val­halla is our common mee­ting place, which also has a small bar (with stu­dent-fri­endly prices). Addi­tio­nally, we host a welcome party for all volun­te­ers, which helps build our great com­mu­nity.
All volun­te­ers will also receive 4 meal vou­chers that can be used at the festi­val’s deli­cious food stalls!

Typi­cally, two of your shifts will be during the warm-up days, and two will be during the music days. At least one of your shifts will be at a time when music is playing, which means in the afternoon/evening period from Wed­nes­day to Saturday.

We want to distri­bute the shifts as fairly as pos­sible. There­fore, we will assign the shifts. It is not first come, first served, and we cannot gua­ran­tee that you will see all your favo­rite acts. Of course, we still try to do eve­ryt­hing we can to accom­modate you as much as pos­sible. You will be able to submit your shift pre­fe­ren­ces in May/June. We will con­tact you when it’s time to choose your shifts.

Most volun­te­ers will be wor­king at the refund sta­tion, recei­ving, coun­ting, and sor­ting the retur­nable con­tai­ners into bags and boxes. There will also be about 4–5 volun­te­ers who will be ser­ving the reverse ven­ding machine.

We have a small group of shift lea­ders, who are more expe­ri­en­ced volun­te­ers from pre­vious years. They ensure that the work is divi­ded fairly and that the check-in and check-out of goods is docu­men­ted and signed. There are always at least two shift lea­ders on a shift.

Addi­tio­nally, we have a group of 8 volun­te­ers, known as the wor­k­group, who main­tain con­tact with the festi­val’s orga­nizers, com­mu­ni­cate infor­ma­tion to the volun­te­ers, buy sup­plies for bre­ak­fast, create the shift sche­dule, and handle any loose ends during the festival.

Yes! Howe­ver, we have a limit on the number of volun­te­ers under 18 that we can take, and parents must give their con­sent for this. There­fore, you will auto­ma­ti­cally be placed on our wai­ting list. We will con­tact you to con­firm your appli­ca­tion or decline it if all the under-18 spots are filled.

Volun­te­ers under 18 will not have shifts during the night.

You must be at least 16 years old to volun­teer with us.

You don’t need any spe­cial know-how. We´ll train you as a group and we will make sure that you are well pre­pa­red for all the dif­fe­rent tasks.

We make a great deal out of being social and foste­ring our com­mu­nity. Though, it’s just an invi­ta­tion, not an obligation

We would love to have as many dif­fe­rent cul­tu­res and langu­a­ges as pos­sible on our team. Howe­ver, there are labor laws and festi­val-spe­ci­fic rules. As a gene­ral rule, you must be an EU citizen or otherwise have the right to work in Denmark.

The refund sta­tion and machine are loca­ted in the East City area.