Help do your bit to keep Stirling nice

Environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful is inviting people in Stirling to step up to play their part in ridding the nation of litter.

They say poor local environmental quality is having a negative impact every day on over one million people living in Scotland and litter levels remain at the highest recorded in a decade.

Keep Scotland Beautiful is calling for local people to organised community litter picking events across Stirlingshire to remove rubbish from local streets, parks and public places as part of the Scotland’s Spring Clean project.

Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said: “We are all rightly proud of Scotland’s dynamic towns, villages and cities, as well as our beautiful beaches and green spaces. It’s important that our country looks it’s best at all times – litterfree and welcoming.

“Every piece of litter we remove prevents it from ending up in seas and oceans worldwide, protects our wildlife and our wider natural environment and also benefits our own health and wellbeing.

“I would encourage individuals, communities, schools and businesses across Scotland to take part in this year’s initiative – particularly appropriate as we celebrate Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters.”

Paul Wallace, campaigns manager at Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: “A simple action like picking up litter can make a real difference to an environmental challenge that sometimes seems too big to solve.

“I’d encourage everyone to sign up online making their litter pick count and providing us with valuable data to help tackle the unacceptable litter levels in Scotland.”

To find out more and register your activities to make them count this year visit www. keepscotlandbeautiful.org/springclean