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Volunteers Face Surge of Abandoned Tents and Debris at Glastonbury’s Worthy Farm

Social media backlash is driving calls for fines on attendees who abandon tents in breach of the festival’s sustainability pledge

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Overview

  • Paid staff and thousands of volunteers continue extensive litter and tent removal at Worthy Farm following the festival’s late June finale.
  • Clean-up teams have uncovered high-value camping equipment, including £1,100 Berghaus Air 8 tents, left behind by attendees.
  • Numerous festival-goers who signed the Green Pledge still left substantial waste, undermining the organisers’ environmental commitments.
  • TikTok user @glasto_nights posted footage of trashed campsites, intensifying public scrutiny over attendee responsibility.
  • Some commenters have suggested imposing fines of up to £2,000 on those who abandon their belongings to enforce accountability.