Local People To Clean Up

A group of volunteers from several local organisations are to take part in an important community initiative to Clean Up on Sunday 17th May.

South Kintyre Development Trust organised the litter pick event under the banner of the nationwide Clean Up Scotland campaign, which is run by the independent environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful.

An SKDT spokeswoman said:

“Litter blights our landscape. The impact is not only visual – it reduces pride in our area and studies have shown that messy places can increase fear of crime and affect our health.

“It also costs us all a lot of money – the Council has to spend our council tax money cleaning up after irresponsible people, and we’d rather this money went on other services or stayed in our pockets!

“We are fortunate in this area that the Streetscene Service maintains the environment for communities and visitors alike. We hope our event will be complimentary to the excellent service they already provide.”

Derek Robertson, Chief Executive of Keep Scotland Beautiful, said:

SKDT are to be commended for the difference they are making to Kintyre. They take great pride in their surroundings and people like them are the foundation of our Clean Up Scotland campaign.

At Keep Scotland Beautiful we want to make Scotland clean, green and more sustainable. SKDT are doing a fantastic job to help us achieve this goal.”

You can find out more information on the SKDT website www.skdt.org or visit www.cleanupscotland.com,