As part of Week of Action Calmac hosted Ozzy, Patricia and Shark Bait in their waiting area where they were greeted by passengers traveling from Wemyss Bay.

The week kicked off at Campsie Glen with a Clean Up organised by East Dunbartonshire Council. 50 people came along to take action and stopped 30 bags of litter from entering the waterway. 

Upstream Battle ambassador Elaine Hopley took action throughout the week. She also influenced others to take action through discussing her experience of marine litter whilst completing her record-breaking row across the Atlantic.

A litter protest was organised to spread awareness in our campaign messaging and gain a large social media presence #StopMarineLitter

"What do we want?"

"Stop Marine Litter"

"When do we want it?"

"Now!"

On Wednesday, anchor groups Belville Community Garden and Rig Arts organised a Clean Up and litter survey. Almost 50 people took action and collected 50 bags of litter.

Whilst litter picking in Greenock participants were asked to segragate some of the litter they were finding. As long as the litter had not been too contaminated, items such as cans and plastic bottles were going to be taken by Berry BPI to recycle into plaswood benches.

On Thursday, we organised a lunch time Business Clean Up. Overall 41 individuals took part and cleared 45 bags of litter.

Sally, from Belville Community Garden received Clean Up Scotland 'Hero of the Month' for her efforts and dedication in supporting the Upstream Battle campaign, particularly during the Week of Action.  

During the Week of Action, we challenged everyone living along the Clyde to take part in a competition to find, record and remove the weirdest rubbish that had been discarded by the River. The winning entry, a throw-back to the 1980’s, came from Friends of the River Calder. Margaret Lindner found discarded cassette tapes alongside the river. The group will be presented with a prize of a recycled plastic bench donated by campaign partners and funders Recoup and Berry BPI.