Glastonbury Festival has once again pleaded with people to use the toilets after "drunk morons" reportedly ignored warnings and relieved themselves in the stream instead. In between sets at the main stages last night (Friday), videos were played to the crowd reminding festival-goers that the event's licence could be jeopardised if people use the land as their personal toilet.
The festival's official account also tweeted yesterday afternoon: "We'd like to remind everyone at #Glastonbury2023 to please use the toilets and not pee on the land." In response, one person who said they were stewarding wrote: "Put some urinals in the IIcon field then.
"Spent ages, last night as a steward, telling drunk morons to stop weeing in the stream. Like weeing in the wind!" The Whitelake river runs through Worthy Farm and polluting it with human waste can kill the fish and wildlife.
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While the majority of people have been complying and patiently waiting to use the facilities - which consist of 1,550 compost toilets, 2,520 long drop seats, plus urinals and the return of the female urinals invented by two Bristol entrepreneurs - a minority have been seen using hedgerows instead to skip the often long queues.
Strongly-worded posters have been put up around the site and there is also a note in the guide given to Glasto-goers on arrival. It warns: "Glastonbury Festival strives to make as little impact on the environment as possible.
"Please take all your things with you when you leave the festival. And please ALWAYS use the toilets. Peeing on the ground pollutes the festival waterways, threatening wildlife, and could seriously jeopardise our festival licence.
"Festival-goers who don't use the facilities can face eviction from the festival, and the Love the Farm Stewards will be patrolling the site to encourage proper behaviour."
In March the festival's long-term future was secured, after permanent planning permission for the event was granted by councillors. However, this only remains the case if it complies with the terms of its official licence, which includes the agreement of a sanitary facilities plan and waste management plan.
