A district council has received £27,500 to remove chewing gum from its streets. Wyre Forest District councillor Ben Brookes said the funding meant the council could "get to work cleaning up and ...

Chewing gum is being blasted from the streets of a town centre thanks to a £17,300 grant. The clean-up in Farnborough comes after Rushmoor Borough Council became one of 52 areas across the ...

Estimates suggest the annual clean-up cost of chewing gum for councils in the UK is around £7 million. According to Keep Britain Tidy, around 77% of England’s streets and 99% of retail sites ...

Street crews, who usually deal with fly-tipping, will be out until the end of October, scraping chewing gum off the streets of Ashby, Coalville, Measham and Castle Donington.

A grant to remove chewing gum and prevent it from being dropped has been awarded to a council in Devon. Teignbridge Council has been given £18,297 for the project. The council is one of more than ...

Before and after the cleaning of chewing gum stains outside Gravesham Railway Station In its second year, the task force awarded 55 local authorities a total of £1.56 million, helping clean an ...

BCP Council is one of 52 councils across the country to have received a grant from the task force, now in its fourth year. The funds are to help clean gum off pavements.

A district council has received £27,500 to remove chewing gum from its streets. Wyre Forest District councillor Ben Brookes said the funding meant the council could "get to work cleaning up and ...