Sydes Brae and Blantyre Farm Road are just two of the areas targeted for a huge litter tidyup next week. Work will kick off with a week-long clean-up of land on council-owned roads around the Hamilton area starting on Monday 24th January and will progress as follows: Monday 24th – Blantyre Farm Road & Calder […]
More than six tonnes of rubble and three tonnes of litter were collected during a week-long clear-up on roads around Hamilton and Blantyre. Also collected was a variety of items which are widely accepted at the council’s Household Waste Recycling centres including a toilet, ironing boards, paint tins and, worryingly, potentially dangerous items such as oil drums, […]
As with Friday, the sunshine once again brought large groups of youths out to the Calder again yesterday, Saturday 30 May 2020. Groups of around 50 teenagers met near the falls and once again left the place in a disgusting mess, deciding not to bag any litter. Broken glass bottles in and around the river […]
Sunny warm weather is here and with it comes the usual mindless littering down the Calder. In what has been the first day of an easing of lockdown restrictions, some residents ventured out in the sunshine and were met with this disgusting sight. One resident told us, “I’m disgusted! I went a 10am walk today […]