In total more than five tonnes of carelessly-discarded waste was collected by South Lanarkshire Council during this year’s rural roads clean-up. ‌

A huge 1247 bags of litter were filled as part of the local authority’s It’s Your Place campaign which aims to encourage all residents to respect their community spaces. ‌

Councillor Robert Brown, the council’s Chair of Community & Enterprise Resources, said: “Despite the positive message we are hoping everyone will take on board, clean-up teams had to be sent out for 30 days, clearing more than 78 miles of roads and verges in and around the Clydesdale, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Larkhall, Stonehouse and Strathaven areas. ‌

“And this year the council had to again use additional staff, set up temporary road restrictions and dispose of the

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