Take drive-thru rubbish home

Monklands drive-thru customers are being urged to take their rubbish home to prevent lockdown litter.

Environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful has joined forces with fast-food chain McDonald’s and Costa Coffee to encourage customers to put their takeaway litter in the bin, or take it home with them.

In a bid to tackle litter waste, more than 100 McDonald’s and Costa drivethru restaurants in Scotland will display campaign material urging customers not to chuck their litter, but to “give it a lift” and take it home.

Paul Wallace, campaign and social innovation manager at Keep Scotland

Beautiful, said: “Images of litter left strewn by our roadsides, and spoiling our parks, beaches and beauty spots, have upset people across Scotland in recent weeks, with many taking to social media to share their disgust.

“By joining us in calling for their customers to do the right thing and bin their litter or take it home, Costa and McDonald’s are taking an important step towards nudging people to collectively tackle litter at source and protect the places that matter to us all.”

Helen McFarlane, McDonald’s senior sustainability consultant, added: ” We are pleased to partner with Keep Scotland Beautiful on this campaign to remind our customers that whilst our dining areas remain closed, they should follow the clear message – to take their litter home.”

A Costa Coffee spokesperson said: We are proud to partner with Keep Scotland Beautiful to remind consumers to dispose of their litter responsibly.

“We continually strive to serve the communities in which we operate, so in order to protect and preserve our local environments, we want to remind people to take their litter home.”

Find out more about how you can take action on litter at www. keepscotlandbeautiful.org.