A Ban The Bang! Environmentally Friendly Firework Display

If you are organising a home firework party, Ban the Bang! strongly encourages you to make it an environmentally friendly display.

Follow these simple suggestions below:

Choose only NOISE-FREE GROUND FIREWORKS.

Even though it may be a noisless display be courteous to your neighbours by warning them that you are going to use fireworks, so that pets are brought in. Even the sight of noiseless fireworks can cause pets to run away and get lost.

Important information about bonfires and hedgehogs etc..

If you are going to have a bonfire with your firework display then before lighting please ALWAYS check deep inside the bonfire to make sure small animals like hedgehogs are not sheltering in there. Bonfire heaps are a common place for hedgehogs to hibernate. To make this process much easier, when you initially collect for a bonfire heap, assume that the collection pile is not the bonfire itself but a pile just next to where you will actually light it. Then, on your firework evening freshly build the bonfire next to the heap you have collected.
If you find hedgehogs curled up in your bonfire heap then find a thick cardboard box and line it with a thick bed of newspapers. Pack with dry, dead leaves and some straw if available. Put the box on its side and put the hedgehog in. Cover the hedgehog with more leaves and cover the entrance lightly with leaves/straw. Locate the box on dry ground level which is properly sheltered from rain and just high enough off the ground (a couple of inches) to avoid risk of flooding and excessive damp.

Why not set up a small sound system and play soothing music that harmonises with the peaceful spectacle of colours and patterns from your noiseless fireworks?

And finally ... A Suggestion to Firework Manufacturers:

Why not create environmentally friendly firework box sets, based on "themes" to accompany styles of music?

What Else Can You Do To Help?

A firework code to help animals and birds.
During firework celebrations, only buy fireworks that don't pose a threat to wildlife. I.e. nothing that bangs or screams and no aerial fireworks like rockets or starbursts.
If you have lots of trees in your garden then it's not a good idea to have any kind of aerial type fireworks. Birds are quietly roosting in trees all around you at night. Just because you can't hear or see them doesn't mean they don't exist after sunset!
Never allow your pet outside during firework celebrations. If you have animals in hutches outside and can't move them indoors, then cover the hutches with heavy blankets. This will help reduce the noise and the animal should also remain undisturbed by flashing lights. Keep cats and dogs indoors, close windows and blinds and create an audible diversion for them, like turning on some music - this should be reasonably loud but soothing sounds to try and divert the animal's attention from the outside).
If available in your country, get your cat or dog microchipped. As we have already mentioned many cats and dogs run away from home in a panic when there are fireworks around and tend to get lost. With a microchip implant it's far easier to reunite an animal with its owner.
Keep an eye out for animals and birds in shock that may have fallen from trees. In most cases human intervention will add to the animals distress and we recommend you keep a watchful distance from the animal / bird and make sure no one else goes near it. If the animal continues to behave in a shocked state for more than three or four hours or is clearly injured then you should alert your local animal welfare organization as soon as possible. They will send someone to investigate further.
If you are aware of any incidents involving the suffering of any animals through the use of fireworks then please use our contact page

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