GLASTONBURY — The world renowned naturalist David Attenborough appeared on the stage at Glastonbury on Sunday to praise its ban on single-use plastic bottles, delighting festival goers who have instead queued for tap water. “That is more than 1 million bottles of water that have not been drunk by you in plastic,” he said to cheers and applause. Glastonbury has banned the sale of water, soft drinks and alcohol in plastic bottles this year. In 2017, the last time the event was held, more than 1 million single-used plastic bottles were sold on site. “So – no problem at all.”(Reporting by Paul Sandle; editing by David Evans)

Source: National Post June 30, 2019 15:11 UTC