Big Clyde Clean Up 2026

March 14th to April 25th

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

which weighed 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.

Big Clyde Clean Up 2026 - totals across Inverclyde, Helensburgh and West Dumbarton

We hosted

67 events

and were joined by

854 adults and young people

to pick up

917 bags

which weighed approx.

6,144kg