Wrigleys cough up for Spring Clean

CONSIDERING that chewing gum is responsible for much of our litter, it is appropriate that the makers of Wrigleys should dig deep to help keep our streets clean.

The Wrigley Company, along with Coca-Cola Bottlers Ireland, are the primary commercial sponsors of the National Spring Clean campaign, an annual event which draws ten of thousands of environmentally conscious people onto the highways and byways.

This year a quarter of a million volunteers contributed to the An Taisce initiative, by far the biggest participation ever. More than 3,000 clean-ups were conducted nationwide, an achievement described as outstanding by Pat the Cope Gallagher, Junior Minister at the Department of Environment and Local Government.