Glastonbury donates discarded wellies to migrants in Calais
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Wellies abandoned at this year's Glastonbury Festival are going to migrants in Calais.
Several hundred pairs of rubber boots ended up at a recycling centre in Somerset, but were saved.
The reprieved Wellington boots were then sized, paired and checked by a group of volunteers.
Team member Liz Clegg, who came up with the idea, transported more than 500 pairs to Calais, along with 2,000 unused rain ponchos and first aid kits.
She distributed them alongside Association Salam, a French charity which organises the distribution of food and clothing to migrants in the town.
They also offered first aid training to people trying to get to the UK.
The festival's also donating bin bags to another charity, Calais Migrant Solidarity, which helps migrants with rubbish collections and recycling.
Hundreds of other wellies thrown away at Glastonbury have already been shipped out to Romania.
They were given to people who live on landfill sites by the Small Steps Project.
Recycling boots discarded at Glastonbury Festival to send to Romania
The British and French governments are under pressure to deal with the several thousand people who camp in Calais.
Many have tried to enter the Channel Tunnel to try to get to the UK - causing delays to travellers and lorry drivers.
Some people have been injured and even killed around the tunnel entrance.
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