@jonty Those who do salvaging from the utter mess left behind at Leeds Festival and similar have taken great interest in the amount of effort that's been put into this :D It simply shows the huge culture difference between EMFCamp attendees (and how amazingly tidy they can be) compared to the utter chaos I rifled through last year in the aftermath to recover items to donate to those that need it. Festival Republic have a lot to learn about fostering better Festival cultures.

@stanto @jonty that brings back memories. I went to Leeds once, sharing a tent.

I came home with a new tent for myself, new 3 season sleeping bag I still use, a walking stick, a golf umbrella, and two folding camp chairs. Everything new and in decent nick.

@stanto @sarajw As a decades-long Glastonbury attendee I have been very distressed to see how it's got worse year-on-year despite the "TAKE IT HOME" message being reinforced incessantly.

There was a visible shift the first post-pandemic year in 2022. Feels like attitudes changed somehow. I'm hoping it's temporary.

@stanto @sarajw (Interestingly vape batteries are not something I've seen there, just abandoned tents)

@jonty @stanto lived in Bristol for 12 years and never made it to Glastonbury, more's the shame!

The price was always just too high, I was too goody-goody to sneak in, and too lazy to volunteer 😅

Probably just takes a few rich non-hippies to leave their stuff (because they can afford to, and are lazy) and more follow suit.