A landscape-format collage featuring numerous photographs of community clean-up activities organised in the Middleden area of Kirkcaldy.
A large lime-green heading in the top-left corner reads:
RUBBISH!
The collage contains photographs taken across several litter-picking events. Volunteers of various ages are shown standing beside large collections of rubbish bags, litter-picking tools and waste containers. Many photographs show groups gathered along paths, roadsides and woodland edges after completing clean-up activities.
Several images highlight the volume of rubbish collected, including:
Large piles of black refuse sacks stacked beside pathways.
Volunteers posing beside filled litter-picking bags and grabbers.
Shopping trolleys loaded with waste recovered from local areas.
Groups of volunteers standing next to collected tyres and bulky items.
Overflowing bags of rubbish arranged for collection and disposal.
Some photographs include text overlays such as:
“Absolutely soaked but absolutely worth it today in Middle Den. Two full trolleys fished out of The Den Burn, heaps of rubbish lifted…”
“Making the Den beautiful again! Thank you to our wonderful volunteers this week. 65 bags picked in total.”
“Thank you volunteer litter pickers for keeping the Den beautiful!”
The photographs show a mixture of woodland paths, roadside locations and community green spaces, demonstrating the wide range of environments where litter-picking has taken place.
The overall collage illustrates the scale of environmental volunteering carried out by the Middleden community. The many filled rubbish bags, recovered waste and repeated volunteer events highlight the ongoing effort required to keep the local woodland, trails and surrounding areas clean, safe and welcoming for residents and visitors.

