Glastonbury organisers have claimed nearly all of the tents were taken home making it one of the greenest festivals ever.

Festivalgoers were constantly reminded to ‘leave no trace’ and it seems to have paid off.

Co-organiser Emily Eavis, who is the daughter of Glastonbury’s founder Michael Eavis, paid tribute to the ‘record numbers’ who took home 99.3 per cent of the tents at this year’s festival.

She shared a drone shot of a huge patch of land that had just one tent left behind.

She said: ‘Just heard that 99.3% of all tents were taken home.

‘That is absolutely incredible… HUGE thanks to the record numbers who loved the farm and left no trace!’

The nearly spotless field is in stark contrast to the photos that came in yesterday showing not everyone got the memo.

But with 200,000 music lovers enjoying five days of partying and live music, it’s not a surprise that some of the fields were left in a state.

An army of rubbish pickers cleared up the rubbish people have left behind, including perfectly usable tents.

In an interview with the Glastonbury Free Press on Sunday, Ms Eavis urged those attending to bring sturdy tents and return home with them, instead of dumping them at the end of the event.

She said: ‘I really hope they will.

‘We’ve made so many positive strides with our green campaigns this year.

‘It’s incredible to think that there will be one million fewer plastic bottles for the planet to deal with because we’ve stopped selling them.

‘The most eye opening part of the weekend for me was not seeing any plastic bottles in the bins or on the ground.

‘I think people are really starting to understand how important it is to treat the land with respect, and to stop living a disposable lifestyle.’

There were more than one million plastic drinks bottles sold at the festival in 2017, and zero sold in 2019.

In total, 45 tonnes of aluminium cans were processed on site, while 4,500 litres of cooking oil was turned into biofuel.

More than 1,300 recycling volunteers are at Glastonbury Festival each year, while more than 10,000 trees have been planted locally since 2000.

This year, there were 850 water points on the 900-acre site, with 37 WaterAid refill kiosks.

Highlights of the musical extravaganza in Pilton, Somerset, have included headliners Stormzy, The Killers and The Cure as well as performances from Kylie Minogue and Lewis Capaldi.

The festival may have a reputation for mud and rain but this year’s event was instead hot and sunny, with temperatures reaching more than 28°C.

Around 40 per cent of festival-goers get to Glastonbury by public transport.

The mission to convert the event’s site back into a functioning dairy farm could take up to six weeks.

Next year, Glastonbury Festival will celebrate its 50th anniversary.

Emily Eavis said: ‘We won’t be slowing down for very long. We have already started working on next year’s 50th anniversary.

‘Trust me when I say we are planning a huge celebration.’

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