SHAMEFUL festival-goers were too lazy to take their tents home from Reading yesterday and left huge amounts of rubbish - including beer cans, drugs paraphernalia and broken false teeth.
Shocking pictures showed thousands of tents left dumped in the festival site at Little John's Farm - and the majority are now set for landfill.
Thousands of tents were abandoned at the Reading Festival today by 'lazy' revellers Credit: chris gorman / big ladder
The revellers have since been blasted by Clean Up Britain founder John Read, who said: “Leaving behind tents seems like self-indulgent, 'first world' and lazy behaviour.
“All of us must become more aware of the need to protect and cherish the environment. Dumping perfectly good tents runs contrary to this.”
A large clean-up operation is now fully underway and environmentalists estimate it can take between 1,000 and 10,000 years to fully decompose a tent.
Reading Festival took place over the August bank holiday weekend, with performers including rappers Stormzy and AJ Tracey, singer Liam Gallagher and rock band Biffy Clyro.
Reading Festival took place over the August bank holiday weekend Credit: Paul Jacobs/pictureexclusive.com
Huge amounts of rubbish was also left behind after the bank holiday weekend Credit: Paul Jacobs/pictureexclusive.com
Clean Up Britain founder John Read fumed: 'Leaving behind tents seems like self-indulgent, ‘first world’ and lazy behaviour' Credit: Paul Jacobs/pictureexclusive.com
Liam Gallagher performed at the festival Credit: Rex
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