A volunteer litter pick group collected 256 tonnes of rubbish in West Lothian in the year to September.

West Lothian Little Pickers have been applauded by councillors across the county as the stats for the year were passed on to local area committees.

Becky Gallagher from WLLP said around 200 diehard pickers “have made a huge impact.”

Beginning in the darkest days of the pandemic lockdown the community self help group has developed at speed, with increasing tonnage lifted by volunteer pickers year on year. Collecting teams either have regular stretches or blitz specific, often heavily littered areas. The bagged rubbish is then collected by council Cleaner Communities crews.

Councillors heard that around 36,000 collection bags have been handed out by the council over the last year.

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