Sir David Attenborough made an appearance at Glastonbury 2019 to thank the festival for going singlue-use plastic free.
The English broadcaster and natural historian took to the stage to thank the crowd for cutting back on their use of plastic at the event.
In addition to Glastonbury Festival cutting back, several companies have made headlines recently for attempting to align themselves with environmentally friendly practices.
Boots announced that it had made the switch to brown paper bags, aiming to remove all plastic bags from its stores by 2020. The move is said to eliminate 900 tonnes of single-use plastic each year.
McDonalds joins Boots, deciding to remove plastic lids from its McFlurry ice cream in all UK restaurants by September.
“That is more than a million bottles of water that have not been drunk by you,” he said to the audience.
“Thank you. Thank you.”
“Those extraordinary marvellous sounds you’ve just been listening to were the sounds of the creatures that live in the sea and the great oceans. You may have heard some of them in a series that went out two years ago called Blue Planet 2,” Sir David Attenborough said regarding a montage of ocean scenes that kick-started his speech.
“There was one sequence in Blue Planet 2 which everyone seems to remember. It was one in which we showed what plastic has done to the creatures that live in the ocean. They have an extraordinary effect. And now, this great festival has gone plastic-free. That is more than a million bottles of water that have not been drunk by you at Glastonbury. Thank you. Thank you.”
“The oceans cover two-thirds of this planet of ours. Land only covers one-third of the globe.”
“There are seven great continents on which we human beings live. Each of them has its own marvellous creatures, birds, mammals and animals. Each of them has its own glory. Each of them has its own problems.”
“We have been making, for the last four years, a series about those things, about those seven very different continents. It starts later on this year. It’s called Seven Worlds, One Planet.”
“Here are a few glimpses of what awaits you in the next few months.”
A trailer of Seven Worlds, One Planet, was then played.
UK Investor Magazine recently featured the brand Chilly’s Bottles – the company that is trying to reduce the use of single-use plastic by offering consumers reusable alternatives.