Hundreds of community-spirited Aberdeen residents battled litter across the city in a 24-hour blitz.
The volunteers were taking part in a round-the-clock “Glitterpick” at 24 locations around the city.
The event, organised by Aberdeen City Council’s environmental team and involving schools and community groups, is designed to help make the city sparkle more in the summer months.
They hope to break last year’s record when a total of 297 people took part and collected 298 bags.
The event started at midnight on Wednesday with the council’s environmental services team in the Cromwell Road area followed by the keen Slopefield Allotments group at 1am, and finished last night with Friends of Aberdeen Beach at 10pm and council staff at 11pm in the Powis Terrace area.
Other groups taking part included Friends of Walker Dam, ACC’s Countryside Rangers, Powis Residents, Friends of Seaton Park, Airyhall Primary, Kittybrewster Primary, Cummings Park Residents, Heathryburn School, Fernielea School, Friends of Victoria & Westburn Parks.
They were joined by Kingswells Nursery, Technip, Kingswells Primary School, ACC’s Environmental Policy Team, Friends of Duthie Park, Centrica in Partnership, Beavers in Ruthrieston, Aberdeen Boat Club, Friends of Sunnybank Park, and Fittie residents.
Infrastructure convener Yvonne Allan praised the “huge effort”.
She said: “We are very fortunate to have so many ‘sparkly’ people who obviously care about their local environment and are helping to make Aberdeen glitter.
“The work carried out today by these communities, groups, workplaces and individuals makes such a huge difference to the city.
“We are all responsible for ensuring Aberdeen is kept clean and green by not littering and putting rubbish into the proper recycling bins.
“But we can see from today’s efforts what a huge difference there is if we all put in a small bit of effort.
“This effort can be as simple as rather than being annoyed at a drinks can outside our own gate we could pick it up and put it in our own recycling bin, or a bigger effort such as the power of good work dozens of groups carry out by organising litter picks.
“The work carried out by the groups across the year in litter-picking help to foster a bit of pride in our beautiful city, and events such as the Glitterpick really do make a huge difference to local communities.”
