Reading Festival 2022: The aftermath of rubbish at the festival

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HUNDREDS of items including tents and camping equipment has been abandoned at Reading Festival after the bank holiday weekend festival.

Shocking images taken from above show how much rubbish has been left behind on the fields in Richfield Avenue.

The drone pictures show the scale of the mess left behind by campers over the four day weekend, which started on Thursday, August 25.

READ MORE: Reading Festival compared to a 'war zone' as fires break out throughout the camps

Tony McGinn pointed out how there's no rubbish on the field of the eco camp.

Last year, similar images were taken by Tony McGinn of flyskydrones.co.uk showiung the mammoth festival clean-up task.

Video shot using a drone of the festival site at Little John’s Farm showed tents and discarded items scattered in the camping area at the festival.

The festival ended on Sunday night with tents being torched and violence as 50 revellers were taken out of the site by Thames Valley Police.

Anti-social behaviour and destruction broke out at various campsites with a video shared on social media of tents burning in orange camp.

 

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