The presence of discarded Popeyes meal boxes along the Calder has drawn attention, with local volunteers expressing frustration. People are urged to hold onto their trash temporarily until reaching a bin. As spring approaches, maintaining clean and green wooded areas is emphasized, encouraging community responsibility in waste disposal.
More than nine tonnes of carelessly discarded waste was collected during South Lanarkshire Council’s annual rural roads clear-up programme. This year’s programme, which saw a total of 2277 bags of litter collected, is part of the council’s ‘It’s Your Place’ campaign which aims to encourage all residents to respect their local community spaces. But despite […]
We’ve posted a few times this week about fly tipping at various places in Blantyre. As the tips remain closed this week, reopening of recycling centres is currently under review. Our recent poll this week had over 3,400 people taking part and concluded that 92% of you think it’s the right time to re-open tips […]
Calder Clean up With the good weather and so many people expected to come along to Milheugh at the Calder today, a little reminder to bag your rubbish, rather than throwing it down. Also, if you’re coming to the Calder with friends after today’s event, please do bring a bin bag for any glass. The […]