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Glastonbury festival bans plastic bottles

Music festival will no longer sell single-use plastic water bottles in bid to cut waste

With its sea of discarded tents and litter-strewn fields, Glastonbury has become almost as infamous for the mountain of rubbish left in its wake as it is renowned for its music.

But this year, organisers are hitting back – by banning plastic bottles in a bid to stem the tide of waste.

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