article_snippet: Organisers of an electronic music festival in country Victoria last weekend were disgusted to find mountains of trash left behind by party-goers.
article_snippet: The Maitreya festival, a weekend of 'psytrance', techno and art, attracted thousands of revellers to the picturesque Wooroonooka Lakes camping ground, 245 km north-west of Melbourne.
article_snippet: But festival-goers left much more than festival-goers dancing shoes behind.
article_snippet: The video, posted to You Tube by the Maitreya festival organisers, pans an area of bushland littered with old couches and trashed tents, water bottles, discarded costumes, hoola hoops and beer cartons. '
article_snippet: The Maitreya event prides The Maitreya event on being environmentally conscious and before the party, urged festival goers, as 'friends of the eartth,' to leave no trace. '
article_snippet: we can't ... sadly with the indictment on we shoulders we will have to leave…,' stated the festival website.
article_snippet: But Maitreya organisers have scolded festival goers on Maitreya organisers official Facebook page, posting 'Maitreya festival patrons got a lot to learn!
article_snippet: Take some RESPONSIBILTY:' Festival organisers say Maitreya patrons have a lot to learn . '
article_snippet: McGeown doesn't believe the trash will spell the end of the Maitreya festival but says to future revellers: 'Enjoy yourselves, respect the environment.'
article_snippet: Victoria's Maitreya Festival in full swing last weekend: '
highlights_snippet: Festival-goers leave mountains of rubbish behind after last weekend's Maitreya Festival in country Victoria .
  