
New Year's revellers must have had a good night by the looks of this recycling bank - which was left overflowing with hundreds of glass bottles.

While most enjoy a drink over the festive period, residents in Winchester, Hants, seemed to have had a particularly boozy celebration.

All 15 containers at the Tesco car park bottle bank in Winnall were filled to the brim, with hundreds of extra glass bottles neatly placed in the parking area in front.

Last emptied on New Year's Eve, the area was filled with empty alcohol bottles - including white and red wine, Baileys, beer and Bacardi.

Some hangover: Thousands of bottles were left piled at Tesco's car park bottle bank in Winnal, Winchester, after New Year's Eve parties

Filled to the brim: All 15 recycling containers were filled with bottles, including wine, beers, Baileys and Bacardi after the celebrations

Local resident, retired Jim Mitchell, of Milland Road, said: 'I think the whole of Winchester just got boozed up and had a good time.

'I was down here two weeks ago and it was nothing like this so I put this down to the Christmas and New Year period.

'It just looks awful and it will only get worse.'

He added: 'I actually came down here wanting to collect a bottle.

'I have a silver decanter at home which holds three bottles, and I wanted to find a clear blue Bristol Cream Sherry bottle.

'But, despite the hundreds of bottles here, I didn't manage to find one.'

Other local residents took to social media to comment on the overflowing bottle bank.

Photographer Mike Hall tweeted: 'Winchester I think you had a pretty good Christmas! Every bottle bank bursting at the seams. #recycling'

Boozy: The bottle bank was last emptied on New Year's Eve, so the piled up bottles were the remains of just five days worth of drinking

Delight: Local residents took to social media to express their 'pride' about the amount of alcohol drunk and the massive recycling effort

Lined up: A spokesperson from Tesco said they were pleased that the recycling facility was being so well used over the festive period

Concern: But alcohol awareness groups expressed health concerns, and suggested residents take up Dry January to make up for it

And resident Philip Peacock tweeted: 'Winchester bottle bank... I'm so proud.'

A spokesperson from Tesco, who are responsible for the facility, said: 'We're pleased to be able to offer a recycling facility to our customers in Winchester, and it was very well used over the Christmas and New Year period.

'All the bottles were collected [on Tuesday afternoon] and we're looking at increasing the number of collections for future bank holidays.'

But the amount of bottles left has sparked concern by alcohol-awareness groups.

Jackie Ballard, chief executive of Alcohol Concern, said the charity wanted to see more people take up Dry January following the heavy festive period.

Ms Ballard said: 'Dry January is an incredible opportunity to give the body a break, reassess our relationship with alcohol and gain some great health benefits such as; lower blood sugar, lower blood pressure, improved sleep, losing weight and feeling more energised.

Thrown out: Meanwhile flood victims in the north of England also had to fill the streets with rubbish, by clearing out damaged possessions

Damaged: Residents in Ballater, Aberdeenshire, left the streets lined with rubbish bags full of objects that were damaged beyond repair

Devastation: The area was left under up to four feet of flood water after the Christmas period floods, when the River Dee burst its banks

Unreadable: One bookshop, Deeside Books (pictured) was forced to throw out dozens of bags full of books that were ruined by flooding

'In the run up to Christmas many people start drinking more than usual as they celebrate the festive season with parties and get-togethers.

Rubbish bags and discarded debris also filled the streets in the north of the UK, as flood victims get to work on the massive New Year clear-out of their possessions damaged by flood water.

Residents in Ballater, Aberdeenshire, filled the streets with their possessions, damaged beyond repair by up to four feet of muddy water.