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 Press releases, Date: 05 July 1999 Villagers asked to help environment campaign The Think Before You Flush Campaign, launched in the village on Thursday, August 5, is designed to make people think twice before flushing sanitary waste items down the toilet. Instead, items such as cotton buds, condoms, tampons and applicators, should be bagged and binned. West of Scotland Water, which is funding the campaign, says sanitary waste causes operational problems within the waste water system and often ends up as unsightly pollution on beaches. The campaign itself will be carried out by researchers from the Waste Water Technology Centre at the University of Abertay, Dundee, which has already carried out preliminary studies at Fairlie to assess the amount of sanitary waste flushed into the sewers. The idea now is to raise public awareness of the problem and to check at a later stage whether the amount of sanitary material being flushed has decreased as a result. Dr Nicky Souter, who is leading the research, says: "It is not just about putting up posters, we have plans to involve the public as much as possible and education will play an important part. "This will involve a variety of imaginative school projects and presentations to youth organisations like Brownies, Scouts, and Guides. At adult level we intend doing presentations to as many community groups as possible." Ian Stewart, the project manager with West of Scotland Water, said: "The waste water system was never designed to cope with this type of material. Fairlie has a new treatment works and want to ensure that it is operating efficiently. We are glad, therefore, to fund this important research into what is a national concern."
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