Lets give our region a huge spring clean

Environmental charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful, is urging residents from across Perth and Kinross to participate in its annual Spring Clean campaign, which will be taking place across the country throughout April and May.

Keep Scotland Beautiful, in partnership with community retailer Scotmid Co-operative, is calling for communities to take part and help to remove litter from their local area - transforming the areas that they live in and improving the places that they care about.

Throughout April and May, Keep Scotland Beautiful is encouraging local residents, businesses, schools and community groups to arrange their own clean up events to remove rubbish from local streets, parks and public areas.

Derek Robertson, chief executive of Keep Scotland Beautiful, commented: “Keep Scotland Beautiful is calling for people across the country to take part in our annual Spring Clean campaign.

“Every April and May thousands of volunteers take to the streets and remove a significant amount of litter from their local communities.

“We are very proud of everyone’s hard work and hope that Perth and Kinross residents will take part - helping to make 2019 the most successful Spring Clean campaign to date.”

Last year more than 30,000 people the length and breadth of Scotland participated in the annual campaign helping to remove more than 300 tonnes of litter - the equivalent of three blue whales or 50 elephants.

The Spring Clean campaign is a key part of the wider Clean Up Scotland Campaign, which has been led by Keep Scotland Beautiful since 2012.

Shirley MacGillivray, Scotmid deputy secretary, said: “Scotmid is really excited about supporting Keep Scotland Beautiful’s Spring Clean campaign – the initiative matches our core values and principles as a responsible community retailer.

“As a co-operative, our main purpose is to serve communities and improve people’s everyday lives and, by reducing the amount of litter, we can take a positive step towards achieving those goals.”

To register a Spring Clean 2019 event visit www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ cleanupscotland