The East Kilbride News wants you to support our Don't Trash Our Future campaign
dailyrecord.co.ukJoin thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Litter has been an unwelcome by-product of the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland.Our beaches have become dumping grounds and our beauty spots trashed as the easing of restrictions has led to people flocking to idyllic locations.The East Kilbride News has reported on rubbish-strewn sites around the area over the past several months.We told how flytipping was becoming a common problem throughout the greater East Kilbride area, with a number of instances reported in Strathaven in the last few weeks.But these are not new or surprising.
These scenes have become all too familiar and at their root is a long-term problem – the UK’s litter epidemic.Today, we’re standing up to.
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