People are urged to take part in the Great Cumbrian Litter Pick this month.
Organised by Friends of the Lake District, it takes place on Friday May 27 and Saturday May 28.
Last year, 75 litter picks took place, collecting over 500 bags of litter.
Events ranged from divers and canoeists picking litter from the bottom of Windermere to a group picking litter all the way to the top of Scafell Pike.
Litter picks this year are all over Cumbria, from Cockermouth to Penrith and Arnside and Heysham, and include a litter pick around the becks of Ullswater, and litter pick at Ford parkrun on Saturday morning in Ulverston.
Kay Andrews, of Friends of the Lake District, said: “At the end of 2020, we commissioned Keep Britain Tidy to research why people litter and recommending interventions that we can trial to influence behaviour change.
“There’s no quick and easy solution to the litter problem but while we work on ways to educate and communicate more widely and effectively to change behaviours, there is something that we can do right away; and that’s to get out there and clean up.“
Anyone can take part in The Great Cumbrian Litter Pick, either by registering your own community or individual litter pick, or by joining one of the many organised picks around the county.
For more information and to register visit www.thegreatcumbrianlitterpick.org.uk
Thanks to funders the European Outdoor Conservation Association and The North Face, Friends of the Lake District will also run a second large scale Great Cumbrian Litter Pick on November 17 and 18.
