Woman shows horrifying aftermath of Reading Festival and says 'it's not hard to pick up litter'

Woman shows horrifying aftermath of Reading Festival and says 'it's not hard to pick up litter' A woman who spent the weekend attending Reading Festival has shared the horrifying scene left behind by campers. Posting a video of the state the site had been left in, she said: "Grab some bin bags" Reading Festival is one of the biggest events in the UK's musical calendar, and this year was no different. The annual event attracts tens of thousands of people to Little John's Farm in Berkshire on the August bank holiday weekend every year. This year festival-goers braved rain and thunderstorms, and had to walk through oceans of mud in order to get to the various stages at the festival, where stars like Lola Young and Cruz Beckham were performing. But, as attendees leave the Berkshire festival and head home, one woman has hit out after seeing the state some had left the site in. Izzy was one of thousands of festival-goers who decided to stay in the camping grounds for the duration of the festival and was left disgusted by how people had left the area. "It's definitely not that hard to pick up your litter," she wrote in the overlay text of the TikTok video, as she showed herself walking through piles of rubbish. In the video, she was seemingly standing in a camping ground for the festival, surrounded by tents of different colours and sizes. But while it was in the middle of a field, the green grass was mostly covered by rubbish and litter. As Izzy continued to walk through the campsite, she showed groups of people sitting in the middle of the rubbish, while she was doing her best to avoid stepping on something. She kept gesturing at some of the various items she found around, which included camping chairs, inflatable mattresses, items of clothing, and drinks bottles. There were also some bags of rubbish, which had simply been left on the ground. She added in the caption of the post: "Grab some bin bags fr." Viewers soon took to the comments section to share their thoughts, as many were just as disgusted as Izzy. "People treat hospitality venues the same! Oh it’s fine someone is paid to pick up our mess," one person wrote. Another simply said: "You tell them izzzz, you tell themm!!!!" This isn't the first time participants of Reading Festival have left a mess behind. The event generates hundreds of tonnes of waste each year, with abandoned tents and general litter remaining a major environmental concern during post-event clean-ups. Recent festivals produced more than 700 tonnes of total waste, including roughly 71 tonnes of abandoned tents, according to the BBC. Many attendees mistakenly believe leaving gear behind means it will automatically be packed up and donated to charity, though most ultimately end up discarded. In order to try to limit the amount of items left behind, the festival urged attendees to "take your tent home" or use designated on-site donation points, rather than leaving things in the fields.