[4] Lying 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Cumbernauld and 3 miles (5 km) north east of Airdrie, the village consists mainly of local authority housing.

[5] It developed in the nineteenth century due to increased coal mining and quarrying.

[7] The village was badly affected by the Stanrigg Mining Disaster[8] where, in July 1918, a collapse led to the deaths of 19 miners, 6 of whom came from Greengairs.

[9] Greengairs power station opened in 1996, and is powered by methane produced by biodegrading materials from a large landfill site developed since 1990 in former open cast workings situated to the south of the village.

[10] Greengairs is the largest landfill site in Scotland, handling waste from Glasgow and Edinburgh.