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A community clean-up has been held in Johnstone ahead of Renfrewshire’s Big Spring Clean later this month.
Pupils from Johnstone High School, St David’s Primary, Cochrane Castle Primary and West Johnstone Pre-5 Centre joined members of the local community to give Thomas Shanks Park a makeover.
A total of 67 pupils got involved and Renfrewshire Wardens were also there to talk about the effect dropping litter has on the environment and wildlife.
More than 80 bags of litter were collected during the clean-up, which has made a real difference to the appearance and cleanliness of the popular park as we approach the Big Spring Clean from April 20 to 22.
For this, communities are being encouraged to host a clean-up in as many towns and villages as possible.
Councillor Cathy McEwan, convener of Renfrewshire Council’s Infrastructure, Land and Environment Policy Board, said: “It’s fantastic to see yet another brilliant turn out at one of our community clean ups, and especially encouraging to have the young people from local Johnstone schools in attendance.
“It is important that the younger generation are aware of the damage littering can do and the importance of keeping their local community clean.
“I hope they’ll be inspired, along with everyone else, to take part in our Big Spring Clean in April where we hope the entire Renfrewshire community will get behind the campaign.”
The Team Up to Clean Up campaign was given a major boost recently when councillors committed to investing £ 2.5million in improving Renfrewshire’s environment across the next five years – doubling the initial annual investment.
Find out more about the Big Spring Clean at www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/bigspringclean or visit www. renfrewshire. gov. uk/ teamuptocleanup.