Use bins to tackle town's gum problem - councillor

Councillor Fiona Wilson is proposing two small gum bins in hotspots as part of a pilot

Installing bins designed to tackle a town's "gum problem" is to be considered by councillors.

On Wednesday, Oswestry Town Council will hear a motion from councillor Fiona Wilson, who is proposing to install two bins outside Home Bargains and Costa, which she says are "very high gum areas".

The bins will cost about £700 for a two-year subscription, but Wilson will ask the authority to allocate a budget of £1,000 to cover promotion costs and materials.

"This budget, from the neglected area budget, would also cover the cost of cleaning the two locations to allow monitoring to take place," she said.

Wilson said she had been in touch with the head of the town's sixth form, as well as the Marches School's Duke of Edinburgh scheme.

"Both were on board with my idea of their sixth formers creating a presentation about littering and dropping gum, to give to primary schools," she said.

"This would cover the social requirement of their D of E and, I think, make the message more accessible to younger children."