A clean-up group were left shocked after pulling 52 trolleys out of a canal in West Dunbartonshire in just two hours.
The Linnvale Community Group greenspace team was created by eco-conscious residents in Clydebank, in an effort to try and tidy up the local community at the weekends.
The group were left dumbstruck when they took to the canal towpaths between Clydebank and Dalmuir, pulling out 52 trolleys from a three-mile stretch of water.
Averaging a shocking statistic of 17 trolleys per mile in the canal, the majority of the carts came from supermarket giant Asda, who have a large store in the area.
However, other trolleys also originated from Home Bargains, TK Maxx and Smyths Toys. The three men who pulled the trolleys out of the canal last weekend are all volunteers aged over 70 who have given up their time to improve the local community.
An image shows two members of the group standing across the canal from Three Queens Square in Clydebank wearing high visibility vests and surrounded by over 20 of the trolleys.
The group hopes to follow in the footsteps of several environmental campaigners who have been successful in their own pursuits in bettering their communities.
Speaking on Tuesday, Stuart Gray, a member of the Linnvale Community Group, said: "We turn out every weekend for at least two hours to litter pick and collect dropped rubbish along the canal.
"We try to retrieve litter from the canal throughout the three mile stretch however we are quite a small group and would always welcome more help.
"We provide all of the equipment and safety gear to anyone in our team. We pull out about 10 carts every weekend at this location, and it's been a few weeks since we last cleared this area.
"The problem seems to be that trolley parks are very close to the canal here, and the sub-contracted firm who are tasked with returning carts to stores do not clear these trolley parks in late afternoon, which would probably reduce the problem of carts being wantonly pushed into the canal.
"Additionally, more needs to be done to educate people to take their litter to a bin, and stop just dropping it anywhere.
"Fast food outlets need to stop using polystyrene clamshell food containers - it is so distressing to see ducks and other wildfowl pecking at these and ingesting it.
"Plastic and glass bottles and aluminium cans are also problematic. A returns scheme as proposed by the Scottish Government is to be welcomed."
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