Chewing Gum – a modern menace?

Singapore banned it. China spent £100,000 getting rid of it in Tianenmen Square. In the UK we buy £218m of it a year and are fined £50 for spitting it onto the pavement. Scientists are trying to reformulate it to make it non-stick. It’s rumoured to enhance breast growth, help weight loss and improve concentration! What is it? It’s chewing gum.

 

Anyone who has ever tried to get up from a train seat only to find themselves still attached via a smelly string of someone else's chewing gum will need no convincing that gum can become a messy business. But people spitting their gum out on the street causes its own set of problems, and the authorities to have had enough.

 

In the UK, where £218m of chewing gum is purchased by consumers each year, councils up and down the country are determined to do something about it.

 

Glasgow City Council is one of those which wants the government to tax chewing gum to pay for the costs of removal. It spends £200,000 on cleaning gum off its streets.

 

To help remove it from paving slabs, tarmac, concrete, Ronacrete have developed RonaDeck Eaze By Gum. Spat-out-gum is easier and quicker to remove from surfaces coated with RonaDeck Eaze By Gum than untreated surfaces. It’s quick and easy to apply, dries rapidly, does not affect anti-slip properties of surfaces and as a bonus helps slow algae and moss growth.

 

Projects in London and across the UK where it has been used have shown a significant enough saving in time and expense to remove spat-out gum that more councils and contractors are using Eaze By Gum to solve their problems.