The Coastline Runner heading to Falkirk district on his latest litter picking run

A runner who has been covering the coasts of the UK collecting rubbish as he goes is heading to Falkirk district this week.
By Fiona Dobie
Published 15th Apr 2024, 15:24 BST
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Environmentalist Luke Douglas-Home, known as The Coastline Runner, will be running the Forth & Clyde Canal as he kicks off his litter picking runs for 2024.

Since November 2021, Luke has been on a mission to educate and engage with communities as he runs around the country’s coastline, collecting ocean-bound rubbish and meeting local people and councils to impact and influence their schemes that prevent ocean waste.

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He’s ran more than 700km of the UK’s coastline and collected in excess of 670kg of rubbish while running.

The Coastline Runner, Luke Douglas-Home, will be running the Forth and Clyde Canal while collecting litter this week. (pic: submitted)The Coastline Runner, Luke Douglas-Home, will be running the Forth and Clyde Canal while collecting litter this week. (pic: submitted)
The Coastline Runner, Luke Douglas-Home, will be running the Forth and Clyde Canal while collecting litter this week. (pic: submitted)

This week he’s heading to the Falkirk area as he plans to run 50k along the Forth and Clyde Canal between The Kelpies and Clydebank in Glasgow.

Luke’s day job is running ‘A Future without Rubbish CIC’ – an environmental impact consultancy that works with schools, councils, businesses and communities on improving environmental impacts.

Luke said: “Collecting rubbish and putting it in the bin as I run is a tiny action – something we can all do, and it’s this idea of working together that has an impact. I have been constantly energised, by all the good actions that I have seen.

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