New 'chewing gum taskforce' set up across Basildon after £27,000 grant awarded

New 'chewing gum taskforce' set up across Basildon after £27,000 grant awarded

Basildon Council has secured the funding through the Chewing Gum Task Force, a national initiative led by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy.

New funding will help Liverpool City Council to tackle the sticky issue of chewing gum - Liverpool Express

Liverpool City Council has successfully obtained a £27,500 grant from the Chewing Gum Task Force, administered by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, to help clean up gum and reduce gum littering. The council is one of 50 across the country that have successfully applied to the Chewing Gum Task Force, now in its fifth year, for funds to clean gum off pavements and prevent it from being littered in the first place. Liverpool has now received…