The Reading Festival Aftermath 2022

Drone footage of the Reading Festival site in Berkshire after the crowds have gone home. © Footage is rights managed.
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[@crazystuart]

In the time I went there (‘99 to 2008) I think I used the same tent. I would have never dreamed of leaving it.

[@blueberrypancake]

I'll never understand why they leave them

[@nseight]

Incomprehensible......is this the attitude of the masses. A truly shocking sight :-(

[@charlestoast4051]

I hope you get some more footage of the cleanup. There will be teams of Romanians, who do a great, thorough job of the cleanup. The aftermath reminds me of the business class section as I'm getting off the plane from coach class.

[@VanceRefrigeration]

We don’t have Romanians anymore. Do you remember Brexit?

[@danielkoschalka3955]

@@VanceRefrigerationThere are definitely loads of Romanians still in the UK. Virtually every Big Issue seller seems to be a Romanian, for one.

[@joshnnik]

Ever wondered why these pictures aren’t shown on mainstream tv?

[@thomasoliver2191]

I’d like to point out this video was posted on the Monday. I was still sleeping most likely when this was videoed in green camp with my tent that I then took home!

[@grandtheftgameryt]

Absolute tip. Shame on the people who left he mess and also shame on the festival producers.

[@markthoughtswithukrainemas2072]

Look These are all The nasty people that go to festival most College kids are not like this there always protesting about environment issues ,so these tents belong to am !!!!! trying to think !!!! who goes to these festivals that are not at Uni or colleges Kiddies !!!!!!! ammm I know these tents all belong to OLD people OAP that went Nasty people they are

[@chickencottage9449]

I agree if u were there u would see there were no bins. Even if there were some they were hardly emptied

[@markthoughtswithukrainemas2072]

@@chickencottage9449 Still your buddies are today at the House of Commons chamber gluing themselves to a seat ,,, there so funny ,, do you were sandals

[@grandtheftgameryt]

@@chickencottage9449 they should have taken the rubbish home with them still or at least as much as they could.

[@chickencottage9449]

@@grandtheftgameryt I agree and I tidied and put in bags. Though if there aren’t bins only so much one can do

[@rave_review]

Compare this to the **zero** tents left at Shambala 2022 (smaller but still a cap of approx 15,000), different festivals bring different crowds, more should be done to discourage this behaviour at Readling/Leeds otherwise it ends up painting a bad light on other festivals which are miles, miles better than this state.

[@andrewfaramphotography]

“No music on a dead planet!!!” - Reading… next day the same festival^ Nice one guys.

[@lornajoseph5206]

Wait!!! Is this just ABANDONED TENTS AND RUBBISH?????? OMG, never seen such a thing. People we should be be embarrassed about our home training, if this is what we do. Who now has to clear this, the council?

[@TheMcPhersonTape]

I volunteered for Reading 2004 and cleaned the place up in a big group for a free weekend ticket Not sure if such a scheme still exists

[@lornajoseph5206]

Okay. So they depend on volunteers. HUGE JOB, but what you did in 2004 is a good initiative, if the council and organisers know that this is what gets left behind. Im still in shock.

[@TheMcPhersonTape]

@@lornajoseph5206 yeah it was nearly 20 years ago...but the mess was nothing like that...people at least took their own tents home

[@charlestoast4051]

@@lornajoseph5206 No, the promoter employs a subcontractor who brings in bus loads of Romanians to do the cleanup, and they do a very thorough job.

[@moltenriches]

Very disappointing, as a festival primarily attended by Gen Z who are more climate conscious than millenials like me and previous generations that the aftermath would be slightly better, but it's no different. In the immediate vicinity of where I was camping I seemed to be the only one who bagged and binned their rubbish the only thing I left was a pair of shoes that got lost in the pits

[@geejaybee]

Are they though?. They make a lot of noise about it, and spout a load of platitudes but when push comes to shove and they actually have to do something, they are mia

[@moltenriches]

@@geejaybee I mean this video sort of proves that

[@janmots2829]

I'm a Gen Xer and I would never leave a camping site in that much of a state, my Dad taught me early on the value of picking up my litter and keeping a place clean as you left it. But it's not just a generational thing, it's a people thing and depending on how you were taught is how you act. Unfortunately these people just don't care about their environment to clean up after themselves.

[@jacobmacdonagh4070]

It’s part of what you pay for in the ticket, the festival clean it all up and it gets chucked anyway so doesn’t matter if it’s you or them chucking it. You wouldn’t wash up your stuff at a restaurant as it’s part of the service you pay for, it’s no different here

[@moltenriches]

@@jacobmacdonagh4070 ah you're one of those people

[@user-px7zb6ku3x]

seattle or portland?

[@markknowles6374]

Nothing like that at CarFest having just left site. The fields were totally clear.

[@nathan113]

Not on the same level of Reading though is it

[@markknowles6374]

@@nathan113 no, but does that matter? Still 20,000 people there so given there was nothing left tells you something about the people attending.

[@nathan113]

Yeah probably tells you that carfest is attended by a load of middle aged farts

[@Kamoo4160]

Fuck Cars

[@embroideredragdoll]

A little bit of a similar situation at womad. There was a little bit of rubbish here and there on the floor but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t a rare sight especially in the campsites. Speaking of which the whole thing looked absolutely spotless a *day* if not *hours* after the festival ended. 40,000 people attended that festival.

[@samuelhugo467]

The thumb nail has my camp on it

[@DroneShowLive]

Such a shame 😢

[@kandoit7527]

Fines for each ticket holder??? Make a killing in fines

[@mimeePS]

they need to provide more bins there are none in sight in the main arena and the campsite bins never get thrown out

[@emily-hg3sx]

@@mimeePS literally my camp had a bin site but the main camps I didn’t even see one

[@joeteale]

Nowhere to put your shit, it’s hard to manage when you’ve got 10+ bin bags in your camp and ripped up tents but no bins to put them in

[@jacobmacdonagh4070]

It’s private land, the festival pay for it to be cleaned up, what would the fine be for? Part of what you pay for in the weekend ticket price is that your stuff will be cleared up once you have left, would be like fining you in a restaurant for leaving the dirty plates all over the table

[@embroideredragdoll]

@@mimeePS did they not have people standing in marquees by the exit of the camps who’d provide you with bin bags if needed and had a pile for when they were used? Or is that just for the disabled campsite?

[@stevestheboy1]

no mess at twinwood either different class of people there

[@KyleDanley]

Imagine all the ground scores 😂

[@rbwirth12]

Looks like any large city on the US West Coast. The difference is that people are allowed to live there, and the government provides them money and services to stay.

[@CabaretDescartes]

The illegal teknival that was held in France in may 2023 gathered over 30k attendees and yet they managed to entirely clean the land they occupied. Shameful that most legal festivals can't get on this level.

[@chaizen439]

There's literally thousands of pounds worth of tents there 😂😂 Where do they go? I bet so much stuff gets found on cleanup

[@charlestoast4051]

If you overflew the site today, you would see that all the trash has been picked up. It's far more trash-free than any UK high street. But I guess there's no sensational appeal in a drone view of clean fields.

[@luis1202]

People leave the tents, wtf! Man this is so expansive here in the 3rd world, Brazil 😅 We would never do that. What a shame.

[@robkemp091983]

There's thousands of pounds worth of camping gear there

[@charlestoast4051]

Some people do leave serviceable tents and folding chairs behind. You can usually find a few if you make the effort to search thru the campgrounds.

[@araaaraa9765]

Well......I think the promoters and owners should be solely responsible for cleaning up. The only time the council should get involved is with their next application and get the red x stamp out.

[@jacobmacdonagh4070]

They are, the festival pay for it to be cleaned up but the council only allow themselves to do it but the festival pays for the cost. It’s private not public land anyway

[@charlestoast4051]

Festival Republic have a subcontractor do the cleanup, you would be amazed at the transformation after a few days.

[@chrisg1234fly]

I'm speechless. I'm disgusted. Shan't be buying from any of those Sponsors again

[@emily-hg3sx]

We left one tent but the people said it was okay as it was completely broken and destroyed from the flood but our camp was literally clear other than that

[@joski9030]

Probably on a comedown so you couldn’t be bothered . Not cool.

[@emily-hg3sx]

@@joski9030 no the tent was literally gone it was in pieces

[@emily-hg3sx]

@@joski9030 we literally put down 2 massive 6 man tents dont come to me about not being bothered 😂

[@joski9030]

@@emily-hg3sx nothing funny about it you basically fly tipped lazy mate

[@robcherry4504]

Whatever happened to leave no trace when camping. You took the tent into the festival, you used it, so YOU should take it home. It's that simple. I don't care if it's broken, buy some new tent poles and fix it or dispose of it responsibly. Stop expecting other people to clean up your shit.

[@geomcrae1407]

why dont you film it 5 days after everyone has left you will see a very clean site and almost everything that can be reused is...

[@bengreen2200]

Although its shocking the attendees leave the place such a shithole, they do over fill the fields and provide little means of getting rid of rubbish. I went 2000 trees this year and the place was immaculate, bins and recycling bins everywhere. I know its a smaller fewtival but was refreshing to see

[@rocksully]

Do people in the UK make such good money that they can just throw their things away without a care?

[@stermindelves4251]

You wouldn’t think so but I suspect this is typical of a largely spoiled generation to whom everything is disposable. I’m sure most of these little people have too much money and praise heaped on them by over-indulgent parents, who live in safe little suburbs. Who gives a shit when it’s someone else’s problem eh?

[@LulaJake]

Sadly yes. Although anyone that sells cheap tents has to take part of the blame here.

[@jacobmacdonagh4070]

Yes, it’s a good thing that the standard of living in the Uk is so high that camping equipment is so affordable that we can just buy it for a weekend and chuck it. Literally £15 for most of those tents which isn’t worth the hassle of getting it home with all your other stuff

[@s3ra9h1m]

Yes and it’s probably why we are all being financially squeezed. This is beyond a disgrace.

[@Joes8186]

This is the trustfund baby festival

[@nicholashucks1135]

Mom: This room better be clean before your father gets home in 30 minutes. Your room:

[@alexzsco]

community service anyone??

[@festivalgoer2331]

Should of kept it as rock festival.

[@i.cobain]

No one didn’t even bag any of it, just a little goes a long way

[@s3ra9h1m]

We are in so much trouble when todays youth come to power

[@Jaytl359]

You think??

[@Alloneword-cp2xw]

Oooof. Times have changed. When I went in 2000 and 2001, we took our things home with us. Looks like those that attend these days are too lazy. Sad.

[@crazycrab8578]

glastenberry is the same,

[@neilrafferty2097]

See they're all very tuned in to the precarious state the environment is in.

[@geejaybee]

At least they really care about the planet and environment..... Well maybe, as long as they don't have to actually do anything like clean up after themselves.

[@LulaJake]

Great when it's bunking off school on fridays, not so great when society expects you to tidy up after yourself.

[@AnatolyDyatolov]

If you know this is going to happen, reading festival should have never even started

[@keemunpatel5157]

WoW these youngsters have zero respect 🖖

[@mentaltelepathy24]

Thats a waste of a bunch of tents

[@MikeNolan-ko7st]

absolutely vile, they should increase the price of the tickets or add a pitch bond so people clean up after themselves. But it is so true that it is Gen Z the super climate hippies who bang on about the environment.

[@ibexdnb2879]

Why would anybody waste a good tent? You could collect up a load and sell them to people. 😂

[@2011BIRR]

The time all of us will be gone they will see how they fucked up.

[@megataurus7779]

Make the lazy sods on the dole clear it up

[@stuartcurrie651]

Absolutely disgusting .

[@ruthdunn2994]

Absolutely disgusting

[@Commentsmac]

FINALLY people are starting to see the GREENWASHING that the festival industry… and GREENPEACE are culpable for! Festivals are AWFUL for the environment!

[@Alloneword-cp2xw]

It depends on what the festival is about, how it's ran and more importantly, the maturity of those that attend. I've been to some that look the same when you leave as it did when you arrived. This one, not so much lol

[@DogheadOriginal]

Shame on the people who get paid above minimum wage to clear it up!!! Shaaaame shaaame. No way did they need that job. Wasters

[@lucybrown775]

Maybe we should ban festivals until people can get their act together and take their belongings home

[@rugbydazz2264]

Absolute disgrace! so ban the tents simple!

[@jacobmacdonagh4070]

Yes, ban tents at a camping music festival, sounds like a great idea

[@rugbydazz2264]

@@jacobmacdonagh4070 OK ban the festival itself then because that cannot be allowed to continue! the cost to clean it up and the damage to the environment is just not worth it, all that is going to end up in landfill.

[@jacobmacdonagh4070]

@@rugbydazz2264 why not? The festival pay for it themselves to be cleaned up which is part of the ticket price you pay for. It is not illegal to use products and bin them, this probably isn’t that much different than what 95,000 other normal people get through in a week you can just see it all together

[@rugbydazz2264]

@@jacobmacdonagh4070 Oh well that's OK lets all just carry on the way we are and fuck the planet up good and proper once and for all.

[@boncret]

Such a wasteland. Other festivals found smart ways to animate and educate their guests.

[@mc4240]

Horrible festival attended by students. The generation that preach about climate change and enjoy a protest but are also happy to leave a place in that state. Hypocrites.

[@assortednuts8436]

I can assure you that the people who preach about climate change are not the same people that go to Leeds and reading. Just because they are the same age doesn’t make them act the same.

[@s3ra9h1m]

@@assortednuts8436 when I was working with cop26, i literally seen a huge number of them throwing their signs and other junk wherever they could. It’s all social media virtue signalling and personally I don’t think they really give a damn. I’m certain they’re still consuming a heck of a lot more than the older generations did at their age. I couldn’t have afforded to just dump a tent like that when I was their age.

[@markthoughtswithukrainemas2072]

Look These are all The nasty people that go to festival most College kids are not like this there always protesting about environment issues ,so these tents belong to am !!!!! trying to think !!!! who goes to these festivals that are not at Uni or colleges Kiddies !!!!!!! ammm I know these tents all belong to OLD people OAP that went Nasty people they are

[@trevortrevortsr2]

Looks like a Russian army camp!

[@brookereeve276]

😠 promosm

[@adamsmithintin2803]

They were probably there all talking about how to fix environmental problems. But of course too lazy to pick up their own stuff.

[@boab69y2k]

Shameful behaviour

[@sovietunionjack1505]

Reading Festival is an absolutely disgusting display by the Youth of today and their facebook parents. The 4000 tents left behind should be shipped to Pakistan by the Private Jet headliner Acts. # Adele/ Eilish/ Taylor swift n Co

[@embroideredragdoll]

The sad thing is that those tents probably won’t be suitable for donation. They’ll been ripped to shreds, covered in an ungodly amount of unmentionable fluids and burned by the bonfires they had.

[@emilylangdon891]

Disgusting