If you want to help remove waste from our streets and green spaces why not get involved.
You will be not only be supporting Keep Scotland Beautiful’s #SpringCleanScotland, which runs until 24 April this year, but will also be backing the council’s very own It’s Your Place campaign.
Across South Lanarkshire there are many litter picking groups assisting the council cope with the growth of littering and fly-tipping in recent years.
One such group is the Hamilton and Blantyre Litter Pickers.
The group’s Chairperson Julie Dickson said: “Our group was started in 2020 by a man called Chris Hatton. We now have more than 1000 members.
“Over the years, as well as the usual litter you would expect thoughtless people to have discarded, we have found everything from car bumpers to animal skulls.
“We are all volunteers with a single goal to clear our towns of litter.
“There are regular litter picking events so anyone wishing to volunteer can simply go to the event section on our Facebook page to sign up.”
