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Gummy Bins is the first chewing gum and recyclable system in the world. Its range of innovative, quirky bins offers a convenient way for people to dispose of their gum, and make a positive contribution to the environment at the same time. The bins are proven to reduce chewing gum deposits by over 75%, and the waste gum can be recycled as material for drainage systems beneath football pitches etc.
There are more than 28 million gum chewers in the UK, disposing of over 3 billion pieces of gum per year. Discarded gum is one of the worst litter blights of the last 50 years, plaguing public areas all over the country with chewing gum deposits which do not decompose, are unsightly, unhygienic, and are a potential risk to pets and wild animals.
According to a government report, currently about £150 million is spent annually by local authorities in the UK on chewing gum removal. With the introduction of the smoking ban in offices and premises during 2006 and 2007 in the UK it is widely expected that chewing gum consumption will increase greatly - just as it did when the smoking ban was introduced in the Republic of Ireland in 2005. |