{"id":719,"date":"2025-03-20T16:37:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/?p=719"},"modified":"2025-03-20T16:38:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:38:48","slug":"spring-clean-scotland-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/2025\/03\/20\/spring-clean-scotland-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Clean Scotland 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-725\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163536\/SC-2025-Social-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163536\/SC-2025-Social-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163536\/SC-2025-Social-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163536\/SC-2025-Social-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163536\/SC-2025-Social-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163536\/SC-2025-Social.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are thrilled to invite your school to participate in <strong>Spring Clean Scotland 2025<\/strong>, taking place from <strong>21 March to 21 April 2025<\/strong>. This annual campaign, organized by <strong>Keep Scotland Beautiful<\/strong>, aims to unite over <strong>50,000 volunteers<\/strong> across the country to tackle litter and enhance our beautiful environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org\/clean-up-scotland\/spring-clean-scotland\/\">Spring Clean Scotland 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year, over <strong>100 litter picks<\/strong> were completed in the Falkirk Council area over the course of the campaign \u2013 can we smash that record this year???<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Get Involved?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Educational Opportunities:<\/strong> Engage pupils in hands-on activities that teach the importance of environmental stewardship.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Community Impact:<\/strong> Contribute to a nationwide effort to keep Scotland clean and green.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Health and Wellbeing:<\/strong> Promote outdoor activity and community engagement among pupils.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Special Initiatives for Schools:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>KSB Litter League 2025:<\/strong> From <strong>17 March to 21 April<\/strong>, schools, nurseries, and youth groups can participate in a friendly competition to see who can collect the most litter. Winners will be recognized as #SpringCleanScotland champions!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-726\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163608\/SC-2025-Social7-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163608\/SC-2025-Social7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163608\/SC-2025-Social7-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163608\/SC-2025-Social7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163608\/SC-2025-Social7-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163608\/SC-2025-Social7.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org\/media\/wq3md2bx\/spring-clean-litter-league-2025-final-130125.pdf\">Spring Clean Litter League<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>KSB Spring Clean Week Live Lessons:<\/strong> Scheduled from <strong>17 to 21 March<\/strong>, these lessons focus on unique types of waste and emphasise the principles of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. They are designed to align with various curriculum areas and include follow-up resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org\/live-lessons\/litter-waste\/scw2025\">Spring Clean Live Lessons<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lessons from Falkirk Council Waste Services:<\/strong> Throughout the campaign and beyond, lessons\/assemblies surrounding impacts of litter can be arranged for all age groups by <span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">emailing ross.guthrie@falkirk.gov.uk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to Get Involved<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Plan Your Event<\/strong> \u2013 Organize a litter pick within your school grounds or local community.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Borrow Equipment<\/strong> \u2013 Falkirk Council Waste Services can provide litter pickers, hoops, bags, and hi-vis vests. Simply let us know when registering your litter pick and we\u2019ll do our best to accommodate your needs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Register Your Litter Pick with Falkirk Council <\/strong>\u2013 When you register your litter pick with Waste Services through the link below, we\u2019ll sign you up as a participant in Spring Clean 2025:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.falkirk.gov.uk\/rubbish-and-litter\/organising-a-local-clean-up\">Rubbish and litter: Organising a local clean up &#8211; Falkirk Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By working together, we can inspire the next generation to care for and protect our environment. We hope your school will be part of <strong>Spring Clean Scotland 2025<\/strong> and help make it the most impactful yet!<\/p>\n<p>For any questions, please reply to this e-mail or contact <strong><a href=\"mailto:waste.services@falkirk.gov.uk\">waste.services@falkirk.gov.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s work together to keep Scotland beautiful!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-727 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163632\/SC-2025-Social3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163632\/SC-2025-Social3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163632\/SC-2025-Social3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163632\/SC-2025-Social3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163632\/SC-2025-Social3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163632\/SC-2025-Social3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to invite your school to participate in Spring Clean Scotland 2025, taking place from 21 March to 21 April 2025. This annual campaign, organized by Keep Scotland Beautiful, aims to unite over 50,000 volunteers across the country to tackle litter and enhance our beautiful environment. Spring Clean Scotland 2025 Last year, over &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2150,"featured_media":725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26205,26210,4669,1],"tags":[26200,26228,26191,26225],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bundle-1","category-environment","category-learning-for-sustainability","category-uncategorized","tag-learning-for-sustainability","tag-litter","tag-outdoor-learning","tag-waste-services"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/lfsfalkirk\/uploads\/sites\/2215\/2025\/03\/20163536\/SC-2025-Social.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":729,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions\/729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/lfsfalkirk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}