
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 weretweeted: '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