A kind-hearted man has dragged 140 abandoned trolleys from a burn in Glasgow's Southside in a bid to clean-up the city's waterways.
Kieran McGregor has been trudging through Brock Burn over the past month as part of an 100 days effort to do his part for the community and bring wildlife back to the area.
The 32-year-old, from Pollok, has dragged wheelie bins, tyres and even a PlayStation console from the water in a determined effort to make a difference to the local environment.
Spurred on by the response he had received from locals, Kieran says after walking past and seeing the state of the burn, he was inspired to do something about it.
He said: "I've been in the community for a long time and I've always been community orientated.
"I love a nice looking river flowing through the area so when I walked by that stone bridge and it was an absolute riot- there must have been over 50 trolleys at that one bit -I knew I wanted to come back.
"For the first 14 days, I was by myself and then the community started coming on board. There’s so many people wanting to get involved."
Kieran is currently on day 30 of his 100 day challenge, but his goal is to go much further than just this part of the water.
He says targeting supermarkets in order to prevent trolleys ending up in nearby parks, waterways and streets, is the way forward to tackle the larger issue.
However, it's not just the supermarkets who are paying attention.
Everyday Kieran posts a video online to share his progress - which is gathering a phenomenal feedback from residents praising him for his selfless work, with tens of thousands of views online.
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Last week local MP, Dr Zubir Ahmed, stopped by to chat with Kieran about his efforts.
Kieran added: "My main goal would be to make it a space for the local people. I've got memories for being a kid down there.
"I just hope to give the community an opportunity for a space to use and the wildlife to come back through that area.
"I’m just asking the public, please don't throw rubbish in. We've had trolls coming behind us and throwing all the trolleys back in.
"I want to work with the supermarkets somehow to try and stop the trolleys leaving the markets. Hopefully there's a way we can come together."
Councillor Roza Salih has been championing recent community clean-ups of burns in Greater Pollok, which brought together a range of partners including Silverburn shopping centre, McDonald’s and Tesco staff, Glasgow City Council and Sanctuary housing association.
She said: “Kieran is doing a brilliant job in cleaning up the burn, and I am really pleased he is raising awareness of the issue. He really cares about his community.
“Dumping trolleys in the burn is a shocking thing to do – it is completely unacceptable. Looking after our community is everyone’s responsibility and I hope what Kieran is doing encourages everyone to think about how they could help too.”
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