Free litter picking kits offer

An environmental charity is giving free litter picking equipment to a Stirling community.

Keep Scotland Beautiful is creating eleven litter picking hubs across Scotland to tackle local litter issues.

Riverside Community Council will receive the kit, which will be available for individuals and groups to borrow.

The eleven community groups are the first round of groups to become litter pick hubs in Scotland, with more following in the future.

Keep Scotland Beautiful is looking to empower communities who are frustrated by litter worsening during, and following the easing of, lockdown.

The funding for these Helping Hands litter kits has been provided by Coca-cola, and kits will contain enough litter pickers, gloves, bag hoops and hi-vis vests for up to ten people to take part in a litter pick at a time.

Heather Mclaughlin from Keep Scotland Beautiful said:“during lockdown, many of us spent time enjoying our local parks and green spaces. Lockdown showed us how important these areas are to our health and well-being. Unfortunately, a minority of people have behaved in an irresponsible and selfish manner, dropping their rubbish, leaving it for others to clean up and spoiling our beautiful country.

“These kits will help people to tackle litter in the areas they care about.

“We encourage anyone who lives near one of these kits to make use of it, particularly between 11 and 27 September, when we are supporting the Great British September Clean following the postponement of our Spring Clean campaign earlier this year due to the pandemic.”