Lanarkshire locals have shown their support for environmental charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful’s award-winning campaign on the River Clyde, Upstream Battle.
People from a wide range of backgrounds attended a workshop hosted by the charity and Scottish Water, who recently launched the Nature Calls campaign, calling for a ban on wipes containing plastic, earlier this month.
Countryside Rangers, schools, community groups, businesses and individuals from Lanarkshire came together to commit to helping improve the quality of our marine environments at the event, which focused on source to sea litter.
They pledged to take action including joining a litter pick, topping up water bottles from the tap, doing litter surveys and encouraging others to join in.
Launched in response to the huge public and political concern around marine litter, over the last three years Upstream Battle has supported communities to raise awareness, gather evidence and inspire action in Glasgow and the Clyde Valley, including Lanarkshire.
Keep Scotland Beautiful chief executive, Barry Fisher, told Lanarkshire Live : “We know that 80 per cent of marine litter comes from land and that we need to tackle this problem upstream.
“Our stats also highlight that 88 per cent of people believe that litter is a problem nationally, while 70 per cent believe it is an issue in their local area – this is unacceptable.
“We were delighted to host this workshop as part of our series of joint events with Scottish Water.
“Our Upstream Battle campaign has been dealing with litter on the River Clyde since 2019.
"The support of everyone in Lanarkshire who came along and showed how much they care about this issue by making a real commitment to taking action, is inspiring and shows that together, we can make a real difference.”
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