The North East is to receive over £69,000 in funding to clean up chewing gum from the streets.
Three of the region's councils will be among 56 councils across the UK to receive funding totalling more than £1.2m from the Chewing Gum Task Force to target chewing gum stains.
Launched in 2021, the Task Force was established by Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and is administered by the charity Keep Britain Tidy, with funding provided by gum producers. It aims to clean gum off pavements and put measures in place to stop it being dropped in the first place, helping to clamp down on anti-social littering.
