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23/05/2005
Government stick to gum litter fine plans
The government has announced plans to tackle the problem of chewing gum littering, by proposing fines of up to £75 for those who drop their used gum in the street.
The scheme, which is backed by the government-sponsored Chewing Gum Action Group, is being piloted in three areas in Preston, followed by Manchester and Maidstone next month.
The campaign, which includes both advertising and publicity, as well as stricter enforcement measures, aims to change the behaviour of gum chewers and save on local authorities clean-up bills by ensuring people put their discarded gum in bins.
The advertising campaign will includes posters in shopping areas and on telephone boxes, as well as on beer mats in pubs. Specially-designed disposal pouches will be handed out in key pedestrian areas or distributed free-of-charge through local retail outlets, while trained wardens will issue fines to those who drop their chewing gum.
Local Environment Minister Ben Bradshaw said that the campaign was the start of a wider publicty push to emphasis the message that throwing used gum on the ground was “not accepatable”. Mr Bradshaw said: “Irresponsibly discarded gum which sticks to the streets and other areas of public property is a nuisance which costs councils thousands to clean up every year. The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act passed by Parliament before the election included a range of measures to improve the appearance of the local environment. One of them was making it clear that chewing gum is litter and that people who get caught dropping it are liable to be fined.”
Reaction to the campaign will be assessed and will be used to develop a national campaign later in the year.
(KMcA/SP)
The scheme, which is backed by the government-sponsored Chewing Gum Action Group, is being piloted in three areas in Preston, followed by Manchester and Maidstone next month.
The campaign, which includes both advertising and publicity, as well as stricter enforcement measures, aims to change the behaviour of gum chewers and save on local authorities clean-up bills by ensuring people put their discarded gum in bins.
The advertising campaign will includes posters in shopping areas and on telephone boxes, as well as on beer mats in pubs. Specially-designed disposal pouches will be handed out in key pedestrian areas or distributed free-of-charge through local retail outlets, while trained wardens will issue fines to those who drop their chewing gum.
Local Environment Minister Ben Bradshaw said that the campaign was the start of a wider publicty push to emphasis the message that throwing used gum on the ground was “not accepatable”. Mr Bradshaw said: “Irresponsibly discarded gum which sticks to the streets and other areas of public property is a nuisance which costs councils thousands to clean up every year. The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act passed by Parliament before the election included a range of measures to improve the appearance of the local environment. One of them was making it clear that chewing gum is litter and that people who get caught dropping it are liable to be fined.”
Reaction to the campaign will be assessed and will be used to develop a national campaign later in the year.
(KMcA/SP)
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