Big Clyde Clean Up 2026

March 14th to April 25th

Again Green Tangerine committed to clean up the shoreline from         

Finlaystone Burn to Wemyss Bay. 

We hosted

29 events

and were joined by

244 adults and 72 young people

to pick up

365 bags approx 1,460 Kilos

plus lots of large items including:

• 2 gas canisters,
• lots of paint pots,
• bucket,
• lawnmower bin,
• many road signs and cones,
• toilet seat,
• trolley,
• pushchair,
• lots of tree guards,
• fence,
• 2 bikes,
• metal posts,
• chair,
• tyres x3,
• cones x 4,
• orange barrier,
• wheely bin,
• portable toilet,
• cupboard door,
• bits of an engine,
• knife,
• saw,
• rakes x 2,
• petrol mower,
• Gerry can,
• traffic bollard,
• car wheel,
• metal drum,
• metres of “BT drawrope”

Thank you to our regular litter pickers plus:

• Battery Park Nursery
• Creative Regeneration
• Inverclyde Ramblers
• Inverclyde Trust
• James Walker staff
• Lyle Gateway Walkers
• Martin McCluskey MP and his team
• Parklea Branching Out
• Royal West Boat Club
• Stuart McMillan MSP and his team

This year we are collaborating with litter picking groups on both sides of the River Clyde to really make a difference to the marine life in the Clyde.

Result of Big Clyde Beach Clean 2025

We hosted

24 events

and were joined by

193 adults and 81 young people

to pick up

311 bags

plus lots of large items including:

• traffic cones
• sinks
• tyres
• new shoes
• guttering
• child’s slide
• crates
• road signs
• bits of cars
• toilet seat
• garden chairs
• buckets
• framed picture.

Thank you to:

• Battery Park Nursery
• Inverclyde Bothy Walkers
• Inverclyde Library staff
• James Walker staff
• Kibble Academy
• Parklea Branching Out
• RIG Arts
• Skills Development Scotland
• Stuart McMillan MSP and his team
• Wemyss Bay Primary and Nursery.

And of course our fantastic regular litter pickers!