Lanarkshire litter pickers encourage folk to get involved in mission to clean-up town

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A litter picking group in Lanarkshire is back sprucing up the town ahead of spring - and ahead of a Keep Scotland Beautiful campaign.East Kilbride Community Litter Pickers are back out in force with winter hopefully drawing closer to its end.Formed in the beginning of 2021, dedicated and hardy volunteers have collected thousands upon thousands of bags of rubbish from throughout the town.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android And they are getting behind Spring Clean Scotland 2023 and are encouraging more folk to come on board.Stuart Harris from the EK Community Litter Pickers told Lanarkshire Live: "From March 17 to April 17 is Spring Clean Scotland 2023 - where organisations and individuals will do what they can to help by litter picking in their local area."So we have identified a few very public areas across EK that could make a big difference."We are having Saturday and Sunday events, so that those with morning commitments over the weekend can join in."The campaign was really well supported las year and we are hoping for the same again this year."For obvious reasons there are less folk out and about litter picking over the worst of the weather in winter but we are very much back out there, doing what we can to make East Kilbride better for everyone."Areas the group will target include the back of