Welcome news from Levelling Up Secretary, Michael Gove MP that nitrous oxide is set to be banned in a Government clampdown on anti-social behaviour. Our parks and open spaces in Castle Point have been blighted with hundreds of discarded silver canisters and large gas canisters like the one featured in the photo of Benfleet Councillor, Sue Mumford and Rebecca Harris MP at the Keep Britain Tidy Spring Clean event yesterday.
Sue Mumford said “This announcement is great news, during a group litter pick on the 11th March we found 55 large canisters and 660 of the metal ones. It has been a growing problem and many residents have complained to me about the huge amount of discarded ones around Castle Point. Along with my ward colleague, Clive Walter we successfully lobbied the Council to introduce a new scheme to collect them from residents for safe disposal”.