A LOCAL beauty spot in Greenock's east end is repeatedly being used as a dumping ground for scooters.

Campaigners are angry after finding four thrown into the Ladyburn, along with other items.

The discovery comes just weeks after volunteers collected a handful of scooters from the burn during a recent clean up beside Craigend Resource Centre.

Belville Community Gardens environment officer Sally Clough, who is helping lead a anti-pollution campaign locally, is furious over the bizarre fly-tipping spree.

Sally said: "I was disgusted to see more scooters in the burn, just after we'd picked out five.

"People are obviously taking children's scooters and just dumping them.

"It is such a beautiful spot.

"Local residents remember a time when it was filled with wildlife.

"Why would you do this to your own community?

"I am so angry about it."

Belville Community Gardens and Rig Arts have been working together to keep the area clean and tidy as part of the Keep Scotland Beautiful 'Up Stream Battle' campaign, which aims to stop plastic from entering the water.

They have organised community clean ups with schoolchildren, local businesses, councillors and MP Ronnie Cowan all pitching in to help.

During their clean-ups they have found all sorts of abandoned items.

Sally added: "All the rubbish in the Ladyburn will break up and the plastic will make its way into the sea.

"It all starts locally."