Glastonbury Festival has come to a close for another year - and with it comes the mess left behind.
Festival goers who ‘drink and take drugs’ have come under fire for creating a litter ‘war zone’ which has led to an enormous clean up.
Despite festival organisers urging people to pick up their rubbish with the ‘Love Worthy Farm, Leave No Trace’ campaign, the litter stretches as far as the eye can see.
Stall holders, police, and a litter picker have given their views on the issue, according to Somerset Live .
Stacy Hurst, who runs vintage stall Unearthed, said:"I think people just kind of let themselves go or loose in terms of taking responsibility.
"Whether it is drink or drugs, I think that affects your consciousness of the environment you are in.
"If you lose that consciousness then that can spread to others doing the same. If everyone is getting wrecked, although you have bins there but people lose their consciousness of caring.
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"I think adding more, larger bins could help too."
Michael Duckett, who runs the Indian Fireballs stall in Avalon Fields, said the mess was a big problem for the festival.
He said: "In a cleaner area, of the festival, people will pick up litter and bin it but if it is at a busier place that will not happen..
"I don't think there are enough bins, to be honest. There could always be more. Sometimes people want to put rubbish in the bins but they are full.
"I do think the rubbish issue is not as bad as it was at The West Holts stage, in comparison to previous years.
"When it is muddy it is even worse. But when it is dry it is not as bad to pick up. If there is a can near us, we pick it up. This field and the Green Fields are just much tidier.
"If you go to Pennard Hill at 3-4pm on Monday it is like a warzone or a refugee camp where people have had to leave. There are a huge number of tents left, rubbish and all sorts of things left behind."
When Somerset Live contacted Glastonbury Festival, its team stressed that it does all it can to stop people from littering, though it does encourage visitors to clean up after themselves.
More than 1,000 volunteers are tasked with cleaning up the site, binning tonnes of rubbish and salvaging what they can so that it can be recycled.
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