Meet the East Kilbride Community Litter Pickers here to clean up the town

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Adult nappies, bottles of urine, a 1970 crisp packet and an inflatable pink flamingo were among the deluge of disgusting and bizarre finds East Kilbride Community Litter Pickers have binned in the last year.The group’s hardy volunteers claim to have lifted the equivalent weight of “five elephants” of litter from East Kilbride’s streets and green spaces.But its founder says their efforts in disposing of this staggering amount of rubbish are just a drop in the ocean.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 Formed at the height of the COVID pandemic in March 2021 by local wom Alice Alves, the Facebook group now boasts 1700 members.Its hardcore contingent of volunteer litter pickers can be seen in their Hi-Vis vests cleaning up the town most weekends. “I used to get really depressed and angry at the amount of litter I saw around me while walking to work, and when lockdown hit I saw it as an ideal time to start doing something about it,” Alice told Lanarkshire Live. “I knew there was far too much even to make a small dent in it so decided to start up the Facebook group - the response from like-minded folk around the town was phenomenal."It totally lifted my spirits and within weeks we had 1000 members all willing to help clean up the town.”Alice insists from the very outset she wanted the group to be both