Waste Aware Western Isles
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National Spring Clean
Monday 14th March May 2011
Through National Spring Clean, Keep Scotland Beautiful encourages people to get together and help pick up litter from their neighbourhood each spring: a time of year when Scots traditionally give their homes a clean sweep and starting spending more time outdoors again after a long winter.
National Spring Clean was re-launched as a month-long campaign in April 2007 after a six year break and has grown from year to year. Now, due to popular demand, the participation dates have been extended for the first time to include litter picks taking place over a two month period: Mon 14 March – Mon 14 May 2011, to make it more accessible to a wider number of participants.
Many groups take part in voluntary clean ups or litter picks throughout the year but National Spring Clean enables them to unite in a common cause and make a concerted effort to clean up the whole of Scotland as part of a bigger, coordinated campaign. To help groups get started KSB provides group organisers with a free Clean Up Kit to help them get started and they can request additional assistance from their local council.
Since 2007, thousands of public gardens, school grounds, woodlands, nature reserves, river banks, loch-sides, beaches, coastal paths, country parks, villages, city centres and road verges, have all benefited from a real spring clean - just in time for the summer.
If you would like to take part or find out more information, visit http://springclean.keepscotlandtidy.org/ or contact Sharon Macdonald, Waste Aware on 01851 709900.
