Portobello's Litter Warrior: Colin Cornwall's Seven-Year Battle

0:00Seventy-year-old Colin Cornwall has waged a seven-year battle against litter on Portobello Beach in Edinburgh. Born and raised in this popular suburb, he hits the promenade for hours during peak summer, scooping up cans, napkins, and food wrappers left by. Crowds. He leaves the volunteer group, Keat Portee Tidy, where teens of up to 12 people regularly haul away eight bags of trash in a single go. On busy days, Colin alone can fill two bags after five or six hours of work. The community has rallied around him, with their Facebook page boasting over 1,300 followers and fresh volunteers signing up, nearly every week. He's a familiar face down there, though he shrugs off the attention. Colin funds most efforts from his own pocket, plus a crowdfunding push, and tackles graffiti as his biggest gripe. He uses counsel-approved spray to erase tags from signs and boxes, and even paid local artists for two huge murals, one on the prom, one near a primary. School, to discourage vandals, a nearby pizza shop chips in by handing out free slices

1:04to clean up crews. Portobello's exploded in popularity since Colin's younger days, drawing sunseekers from everywhere, but he's locked in for the long haul, driven by, pride in his hometown. That's your update from Edinburgh News Today, powered by AI, I'm Cory with the story.