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[CLKD]

I wonder if asked how many would say that they were 'green'  .

I believe that Reading sent the useable tents to a homeless shelter?  Pity that they don't ask goers to pile them in a specific area of the field .

[sheila99]

Perhaps they should ban the sale of tents under £100, most of the cheap ones are so poor quality they aren't worth passing on.

[CLKD]

Good idea.  Or hire ready erected camp sites as they do at Glastonbury in some areas, F1 and MotoGP, there are companies that do the whole thing: Yurts, glamping in teepees (or wigwams, can't remember the difference  ), tents, hotel pods .......... how many of those that left rubbish behind will go on to complain about the cost of living?

It's easy to get credit these days so £100.00 would be nowt if they wanted to go to Fesitvals.  The irony is lost on them?

[Taz2]

I agree that it is upsetting seeing such waste but some of this year's problems were caused by tents being set on fire during Sunday afternoon. People left the site early with youngsters being picked up by parents in order to escape the violence. Reading and Leeds does have a bit of a name for itself. I had two sons there so they've filled me in with the details.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/reading-festival-chaos-tents-torched-violence/
Taz x

[CLKD]

How Awful.  No Licence next year then? 

[Taz2]

How Awful.  No Licence next year then?

I think the licence will be safe. The crime rate isnt too high when you think there are just shy of 100,000 people attending and the income it generates for the town over the 5 days is really welcome. Mind you Rage Against the Machine having to pull out and then being replaced by The 1975 probably didn't help 

[CLKD]

I was flabbergasted by a report in the Telegraph yesterday about the donated clothing in Ghana along the coast line  .  So what should we do with our cast offs  .  I usually put mine into the RSPCA ............

Apparently the above is due to charities rejecting many often soiled rags which get sent abroad to be sorted through.  Awful. 

[CLKD]

I tried a bamboo toothbrush but couldn't tolerate the texture in my mouth  ...... at least I tried, back to plastic ones.

[CLKD]

We are being bullied into electricity-run homes and vehicles but still large companies continue to leave lights on ALL night!   

[CLKD]

It's getting difficult to be certain what is correct/not.  Reading a large article in the Sat Telegraph - only 12% of rags get used as something else; less than 1% is made into new clothing.

Charity shops often don't have the storage for a lot of items that are donated, even in their warehouses.  "Wasteland" by Franklin-Wallis suggested 'only 10-30% of clothing donated actually gets sold'.    .    What bothers me is those charity shops that pack their rails too tightly, I can't be bothered to browse  .  It also annoys me that they buy in new clothing; although some of the big stores hand over end of line ranges: ?? at a cost ?? to the charity 

I've worn the same clothing for years, we have a winter and summer wardrobe.  12 months ago I bought 3 new cardigans, 1 isn't washing very well so that's OK for gardening in.  One is a little thin for this time of year ...... will B OK once the weather warms up as a layer.

Today I bought 7 books and 2 pairs of jeans - which look new and are the same brand - if they don't fit I can return them for a refund.  They stopped having fitting rooms because of increasing incidents of theft!

I will continue to take plastics that can't be collected at the kerb side to Waitrose although it isn't obvious what happens to it once I've left it there.