Bright pink bins keep gum at bay
Channel: WandsworthBC
Date: 2020-09-22

New bright pink bins have been installed to keep chewing gum at bay, following a successful trial in Clapham Junction and Tooting Broadway tube stations. 

The eye-catching pink bins have been placed outside Putney Station, Chestnut Grove (outside Chestnut Grove School) and Beachcroft Road (outside Ernest Bervin School) with more to come on Battersea Park Road, outside Harris Academy and Wandsworth High Street, outside South Thames College in a bid to encourage people to put their gum in the bin rather than drop it on the pavement. 

Once the bin is full, the state-of-the-art Gumdrop bins will be taken away and all the waste gum inside one bin will be recycled to make three more bins. The bins, which are part of the Council’s MyWandsworth campaign to keep the borough looking clean and tidy, will not only improve the local environment but will contribute to reduced cleaning costs for the council.