Lanarkshire locals have proven their help for environmental charity, Hold Scotland Lovely’s award-winning marketing campaign on the River Clyde, Upstream Battle.
Individuals from a variety of backgrounds attended a workshop hosted by the charity and Scottish Water, who just lately launched the Nature Calls marketing campaign, calling for a ban on wipes containing plastic, earlier this month.
Countryside Rangers, colleges, neighborhood teams, companies and people from Lanarkshire got here collectively to decide to serving to enhance the standard of our marine environments on the occasion, which targeted on supply to sea litter.
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They pledged to take motion together with becoming a member of a litter decide, topping up water bottles from the faucet, doing litter surveys and inspiring others to hitch in.
Launched in response to the large public and political concern round marine litter, over the past three years Upstream Battle has supported communities to lift consciousness, collect proof and encourage motion in Glasgow and the Clyde Valley, together with Lanarkshire.
Hold Scotland Lovely chief govt, Barry Fisher, instructed Lanarkshire Stay : “We all know that 80 per cent of marine litter comes from land and that we have to deal with this downside upstream.
“Our stats additionally spotlight that 88 per cent of individuals consider that litter is an issue nationally, whereas 70 per cent consider it is a matter of their native space – that is unacceptable.
“We had been delighted to host this workshop as a part of our sequence of joint occasions with Scottish Water.
“Our Upstream Battle marketing campaign has been coping with litter on the River Clyde since 2019.
"The help of everybody in Lanarkshire who got here alongside and confirmed how a lot they care about this problem by making an actual dedication to taking motion, is inspiring and reveals that collectively, we are able to make an actual distinction.”
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