The organisers of Glastonbury have announced the addition of new £600,000 “super loos” to this year’s festival.

The more traditional portable toilet is being scrapped from this year’s festival and instead, 5,000 long-drop and composting toilets are being bought in.

Glastonbury’s founder Michael Eavis told The Independent: "We have 31 units now. They cost £20,000 each, which is a lot of money but they don't have to be touched during the whole week of the festival.

"There's no smell, a huge capacity - it's a fantastic achievement. It's fundamentally a huge improvement."

The environmentally friendly loos are estimated to be able to produce enough waste to fertilise Worthy Farm, the festival’s setting for up to two years.