South Lanarkshire Council have launched their annual litter clean-up

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South Lanarkshire Council launch their annual litter-clearing campaign this week.Teams will begin to tackle stretches across Hamilton as part of the council’s rural roads campaign which will also see areas in Rutherglen, Cambuslang, Clydesdale, Larkhall and East Kilbride being cleared in the coming weeks.Councillor Robert Brown (Rutherglen South) the chair of the council’s community and enterprise resources committee said: “Every year, it is becoming increasingly more disappointing that so much time and money is quite literally wasted clearing up rubbish that could have and should have been disposed of responsibly.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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As our campaign says – it’s your place. Litter should always be put in litter bins, household bins or collected and taken to any of our recycling centres.“Litter and rubbish costs public services time and money that could be better spent on other things.