Bye gum – grant will tackle litter

A GRANT has been awarded to Hyndburn Council to clean up chewing gum and reduce gum littering.

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Hyndburn Council is putting plans in place to remove the chewing gum that blights streets after receiving a £27,419.59 grant to tackle the issue.

The grant comes from the Chewing Gum Task Force, administered by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy.

Hyndburn Council is one of 52 across the country that have successfully applied to the Chewing Gum Task Force, now in its fourth year, for funds to clean gum off pavements and prevent it from being littered again.

The Chewing Gum Task Force Grant Scheme is open to councils across the UK who wish to clean up gum in their areas and invest in long-term behaviour change to prevent gum from being dropped in the first place.

It has been established by Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and run by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy.