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AN outraged eco-campaigner in Port Glasgow is calling for a ban on the use of plastic bottles at Parklea after a mounting litter problem.

LITTER dumped at the iconic Lyle Hill was tackled by a crowd of determined waste warriors. Last Saturday marked the first meeting of the Lyle Hillbillies - a group of tenacious litter pickers set up to tackle the problem of rubbish at the scenic spot. Led by Martina Franke and Jess McInnes, the group plan to meet every month to rid the area of everything from McDonald's packaging to wet wipes. Martina came up with the idea for the group after being dismayed by the amount of rubbish strewn around. She added: "I come up here most days with my dog Oscar and there's just so much litter.

An Inverclyde bus company put the wheels in motion to help a local litter picking group keep the area free of rubbish. McGill's Managing Director, Ralph Roberts, arranged for volunteers at the Literati Guide to Inverclyde group to be kitted out in new hi-vis vests. He handed over the vests to founder of the group, Stephen Henry, at Lunderston Bay in Gourock where volunteers were working to rid the beach of litter and debris. Ralph told the Tele: "McGill’s have been working very hard in recent years to minimise our impact upon the environment, culminating in our recent £27m project...