No more plastic bottles at Glastonbury

“It’s now or never,” says Glastonbury organiser Eavis, as the festival pledges to eliminate single-use plastic drinks bottles

Glastonbury festival cuts down on plastic waste © Dave Parry

Single-use plastic drinks bottles will not be available at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, with organisers encouraging festivalgoers to bring reusable bottles to refill at free water taps, WaterAid kiosks and from bars across the festival site.

1.3 million plastic bottles were used at Glastonbury Festival in 2017. The Greenpeace-partnered festival has now announced that plastic bottles will not be available to purchase at this year’s festival and will not be supplied backstage, in the production, catering or dressing room…

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