Work to clear the chewing gum in the pedestrianised area in Bexleyheath Broadway finished at the end of October.

Estimates suggest the annual clean-up cost of chewing gum for Councils in the UK is around £7 million that could instead be spent on essential services.

The clean-up in Bexleyheath was funded by the Chewing Gum Task Force following our successful funding application. Established by Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and run by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, the Chewing Gum Task Force Grant Scheme is open to Councils across the UK who wish to clean up gum in their local areas and invest in long-term behaviour change to prevent gum from being dropped in the first place.

Look out for the new signage which has been put up to try and discourage people (particularly young people) from dropping their chewing gum.  Anyone witnessed committing this littering offence in the Borough will get a fixed penalty notice of £300.

Find out more about the work of the Chewing Gum Task Force.