Being a regular litter picker, I am only too aware of the amount of supermarket  carrier bags strewn across our towns and villages. I was pleased that legislation to introduce a charge for the use of single-use carrier bags was approved by the Scottish Government in May.

 Scotland’s environment now has an opportunity to directly benefit from that legislation, and that benefit could be felt in our ward through environmental action by local volunteers.
 
Tesco are conducting a public vote through their website on the charity that should benefit from their bag levy proceeds in Scotland – and Keep Scotland Beautiful is the only registered Scottish charity in the final shortlist. I would encourage you to click on the link below and vote for Scotland’s environmental charity to be the beneficiary of this significant funding which is anticipated to be £1m.
 
www.tescoplc.com/bagyourvote
or
http://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/bagsofopportunity
 
The vote is open until Friday 22nd August, and the result will be declared the following week. I’ve cast my vote!