This is the fourth year Croydon BID has taken part in the nationwide Chewing Gum Action Group Campaign. The chewing gum campaign started on 5th September and will run until 2nd October. The Campaign was promoted in the Town Centre with Advans and Ad-bicycles, running a competition for people to put their gum in a golden bin and we also held a competition. The lucky winner of the competition was drawn and won £75.00 which is the equivalent of the fine enforced if found dropping litter.

The chewing gum wraps are an integral part of the Campaign and these are handed out by the Neighbourhood Enforcement Officers, our Gum Busters, the BIDs Croydon Visitor Centre and Croydon College.

Gum raps have worked exceedingly well in Kilkenny as they have had a massive appeal to teenagers who are our target age group for anti litter gum campaigns.  The appeal of gum raps is strengthened by the colourful and fresh illustrations and it’s a novel and relatively inexpensive product to distribute in schools and youth clubs.

Go to http://www.tidynorthernireland.org/campaigns/chewing-gum/.php to read about Carrickfergus.

During September 2011 Wolverhampton City Council will be working in partnership with DEFRA, the Chewing Gum Action Group and Keep Britain Tidy to address the sticky problem of chewing gum litter in Wolverhampton.

“Irresponsible dropping of chewing gum on pavements is an incredibly antisocial activity that blights our public spaces and can be very expensive and time consuming for those that are involved in the clean up.”