Glastonbury is proof that when you make saving the planet the norm, people quickly get used to it

It makes you wonder why the government is still doing so little to combat the environmental crisis

Roisin O'Connor
Monday 08 July 2019 16:11 BST
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In previous years it has taken up to six weeks to get Worthy Farm back to normal – this year Glastonbury’s team has almost finished.

It’s partly to do with the good weather, but also because festivalgoers appear to have taken Glastonbury’s attempt to go green seriously. This year, single-use plastics were banned, and instead festivalgoers were encouraged to bring refillable bottles to use at the 800-plus stations around the site, as well as to ask for free water from bars or canned water from food traders.

There were individual bins for bottles, cups and plates, and food waste, and a reported 99 per cent of tents were taken home, which organiser Emily Eavis has called a “massive improvement” on previous years.

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