Gum litter has become an acceptable behavior.

If you have visited Pike PlaceMarket in Seattle then you have probably happened upon the very popular MarketTheatre Gum Wall. Located underneath ground level this unusual attraction is dedicated to the chewed piece of gum. This unique gum wall generates thousands of tourists a year who flock from all corners of the country to stick their gnawed gum among the other pieces of gum decorating the wall of the Market Theatre. 

Image of gum from the Market Theatre Gum Wall.
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There is no denying that this brightly colored gum wall, which has been deemed one of the germiest attractions in the world, turns masticated gum into art. With the knowledge that gum is created from a non-biodegradable substance this gum wall will most likely be around for centuries.

It makes one curious regarding societies perception of gum pollution and how people discard their chewed gum. Why do people consider it acceptable behavior to litter, openly and publicly, in a location like this when they should be outraged that a tradition like this even began?

The white dots are chewing gum spat on the street. 

If you were searching for a new home would you walk along the sidewalk and be swayed to buy, or not buy, by the years of discarded gum cemented to the sidewalk in front of the new property? Would you have the same reaction if someone had littered the front of the property with empty cups, crushed soda cans, and crinkled newspapers? Would dried up gum outside of a restaurant deter you from stepping inside for dinner?

Gum litter has become an accepable behavior in this country and it's time to stop ignoring this type of muck and start thinking responsibly.

I challenge anyone to take a walk down any sidewalk and see the destruction that gum pollution leaves behind on our city streets. It has become unmanageable. Educating ourselves, and our children, on how to discard our chewing gum is the easiest way to start breaking the bad habit of spitting out germ infested gum. Gum pollution awareness starts with being responsible and learning how to discard gum properly. The easiest way to be proactive in the fight against gum pollution is by using WraperZ when it's time to throw away chewed gum.

Don't spit it out, don't swallow it, just WraperZ it and keep nasty chewed gum waste off our streets.

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This article is a contribution of our host blogger, Joe Brucker. 

Chewing gum pollution is everywhere.

Thank you, Joe Brucker, for your following thoughts on chewing gum pollution. Joe wrote:

"With the average person chewing 300 pieces of gum per year it's hard not to ask yourself, "Where does all this chewed gum go when the consumer has savored the last bit of flavor from their stick of gum?"

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The answer is simple. The remains of chewed gum can be found on the streets, on airplane leather seats, park benches, and sticking to the bottom of our shoes on a hot summer day. Chewed pieces of gum are often placed inbetween library books, stuck to the backside of our most expensive jeans, and just about anywhere else an irresponsible gum chewer decides to spit out their finished piece of gum.

Unfortunately, we blindly trample over thousands of chewed pieces of gum that decorate the sidewalks and streets of our neighborhoods without any concern for what it is doing to the landscape of our planet. It would be hard to find a city where you could not play connect the dots with discarded chewing gum glued to the sidewalk.

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People from all over the globe have come together to bring gum pollution awareness to their neighborhoods and cities but you do not need an entire city to start making a difference. Having a product like WraperZ in your back pocket to correctly discard your old chewing gum, and keep it off the bottom of our shoes, is something all avid gum chewers can do to help keep gum off our streets."

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Chewing gum pollution in pictures. 

1. Fun day at a festival spoiled by a shirt ruined by a spat out bubble gum. 

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2. It's so easy to prevent chewing gum pollution. Change your attitude, change your behavior. Wrap your gum. BE RESPONSIBLE. 

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3. Lazy people spit gum out everywhere. Responsible people will alway dispose of it in a way to protect the environment. Become the RESPONSIBLE one and WRAP your gum!

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4. It is a costly affair to clean our sidewalks from chewing gum pollution. Wrapping and tossing your gum away doesn't cost a dime. Hiring companies to clean up our cities and public areas can cost millions of dollars annually!

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4. It's that simple! Follow these three steps. 

CHEW IT - WRAP IT - TOSS IT

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A fun day with your family can turn into a nightmare. A brand new shirt gets ruined by a nasty chewing gum someone sticks to the side of a jumping castle.

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Let's make an assumption that it was a child who stuck the used gum there. Let's also assume that this child thought littering was an OK behavior and that it was perfectly fine to deposit their used gum on the side of the jumping castle. Should we blame the child for not knowing better or should we take a closer look at what has become acceptable in our society?

Littering in any shape or form is forbidden and is punishable by law. How many times have you spat your gum out? How many times have you seen anyone spitting their gum out? I will admit that I have spat my gum out. I have also sat in it and touched it on a railing. I remember how grossed out I was when I realized I had just touched someone's saliva. Yuck!

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It's time to change our perception that chewing gum littering, is OK. It's not! Chewing gum is not biodegradable, it transfers germs, bacteria and blood through saliva. It may kill small animals who digest it. It is extremely costly to clean up. The only way we can stop wasting our cities' budgets on chewing gum pollution is if we stop our littering behavior. Chew it - Wrap it - Toss it. Educate your children, your friends, your loved ones about the consequences of chewing gum pollution. Take responsibility. Help them understand how easy it is to make a change, one chew at a time. We are counting on your support!

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It's here! The first European ban on chewing gum!

*** BREAKING NEWS***  ***BREAKING NEWS***   ***BREAKING NEWS***

Courtesy of Daily Mail on Line:

Milton Keynes set to become the first town in Britain to BAN chewing gum

• Anyone caught chewing gum in the town would face an on-the-spot fine
• It is aimed at cutting the cost of removing gum trodden into pavements
• The Singapore-style ban is being proposed by businesses in the area
• Traders found 22 pieces of gum in just one square foot of pavement

By ALEX GORE

PUBLISHED: 06:08 EST, 8 March 2013 | UPDATED: 10:19 EST, 8 March 2013

Milton Keynes is set to become the first town in Britain to introduce a Singapore-style ban on chewing gum.

Anyone caught chewing gum would face an on-the-spot fine under the proposal, which was drawn up after 22 pieces of discarded gum were found in just one square foot of pavement.

Those in favour of introducing the ban point to the cost of removing gum, the nuisance caused by it sticking to people's shoes and the eyesore it creates.

The proposal has been put forward by After8, a group of businesses in the Buckinghamshire town, which plans to lobby the council to adopt it as policy.

The group wants resident to give their views on the plans as it looks to boost its case with the local authority.

After8 spokeswoman Carmel Blyth said it can cost up to 10p to remove a single piece of gum trodden into the pavement, which includes paying for the chemicals and manpower.

She said it is also unsightly, and added: 'Cleaning this mess up is an impossible task, it is costly and takes time, not to mention unpleasant.

'We are also trying to get the message across the people to be considerate. I is a problem in central Milton Keynes but I also think it is a nationwide problem.'

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Chewing gum has been banned in Singapore for around 20 years, but the authorities made an exception for those with doctors prescriptions in 2004.

Clean: The pavements of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire could soon be chewing gum free

The strict ban on selling, importing or manufacturing gum was brought in by the city state's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, who was fed-up with the litter.

Vandals were also reported to have been leaving used gum in keyholes and mail boxes as well as on buttons inside lifts.

Anyone caught breaking the ban by chewing gum can be fined but not, as has often been claimed, sentenced to corporal punishment.

Smugglers face a stiffer penalty, up to a year in prison and a fine equivalent to around £10,000.

Lee Kuan Yew once responded to criticism that banning gum stifled creativity because people could not concentrate,by saying: 'If you can't think because you can't chew, try a banana.'

Costly: Removing a single piece of chewing gum trodden into the pavement can cost up to 10p

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Chewing gum pollution is caused by conscious decisions we (humans) make each time we put a piece of gum in our mouth. Where to put it when we are done with it? Spit it out or search for a piece of paper to wrap it into and throw it away? It's easy to unwrap gum and chew it. Why has it become so difficult to dispose of it responsibly? 

On one hand, I am happy that this type of action is finally taking place. It's too bad though that it has come to this point and our legislators have to waste their time and our money to make decisions for us and pretty much tell us what we can or cannot do with a piece of gum. If that doesn't make you stop and think, I don't know what else will. 

Have you ever seen another person tossing their food wrapper out of their car window? Have you seen another person unwrapping chewing gum and tossing the wrapping paper on the street? Have you ever tossed anything out on the street?

I've been thinking a lot about my own littering behavior and wondering why I would feel comfortable tossing a piece of trash out irresponsibly. My immediate answer is the lack of trash receptacles. My second answer is.... LAZINESS. Even I have to admit, that I have littered in the past simply because I was allowed to. Simply because there wasn't anybody around me who would hold me accountable. There. I said it. I did it, because I could get away with it.

Today, as I am consciously trying to promote cleaner environment by helping raise awareness about chewing gum pollution, I am so much more aware of how much people litter. I go for a run in my neighborhood (about 3 miles) and I notice chewing gum blobs everywhere! Just yesterday, I must have counted at least 23 chewing gum globs that my fellow neighbors spat out.

Now, think about all the other litter that is around us polluting our environment, including the water we drink and the air we breathe. It's not a pretty thought, is it? Littering is the result of individual behavior. Behavior is learned by observations or it is ingrained in us by the way our parents raised us. The good thing is though, that no matter how bad or good our behavior is, it can be changed if we make a conscious decision, a proactive one, to do so.

Here is what we can all do to make that change - a positive change that would preserve and protect the earth's and its precious resources. LET'S MAKE LITTERING OUR RESPONSIBILITY! Let's start thinking about the consequences of our actions!

When it comes to chewing gum litter, don't  just spit your used gum out. Stop yourself and think about your next step. Do I spit it out? Do I make a little effort and wrap it and toss it away  in a trash receptacle? The choice is yours. Just remember, tossing gum away responsibly is free, it doesn't cost you a dime. It will keep our environment clean and it will protect small animals from digesting it.

Do the right thing! MAKE LITTERING YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

Many sidewalks in your cities and towns look like poke dots. Unfortunately that's not a creative design. That's all chewing gum pollution.

Chewing gum in a dishwasher

Why don't they allow chewing gum at schools? Have you ever given it some thought? The answer is really simple - chewing gum pollution.

What do you do when you end up with a piece of gum in your dishwasher? Well, based on your damage, you may call a professional. If the damage doesn't seem too serious, save your $$$ and try one of the solutions offered in an article called "Do It Yourself". 

Here is an excerpt:

"Method 1 - Ice the Gum

Step 1: Apply Ice to the Gum Spots

Put pieces of ice in a small sealable plastic bag and hold them for several seconds against each gum spot to harden it. With a plastic spatula or a plastic scrubber that is safe for non-stick cookware, scrape away at the hardened gum to remove as much as possible.

Step 2: Wipe Down the Dryer Drum with Vinegar and Water

Make a 50 percent solution of vinegar and water in a 1-quart bottle and apply this to a cloth. Wipe over the gum spots to lift off more residue."

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Lots of times, it's our own laziness and lack of awareness that make our lives more difficult. When our lives become more difficult, we have tendencies to overlook simple solutions, the proactive ones. We focus on searching for difficult and costly solutions instead - the reactive ones.

Now, here is the kicker! When it comes to chewing gum pollution, we have a proactive solution called WraperZ. WraperZ offers a simple concept of wrapping your gum into a piece of paper. Kind of a no-brainer, right?

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Help our cause, spread the awareness and let's all promote a clean environment free of chewing gum pollution.

18.7 Billion Pieces of Chewing Gum End up on Streets

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As one of the best performers in the candy industry, chewing gum continues to be a favorite among American consumers. Although the history of chewing gum is somewhat cloudy, evidence shows that ancient Greeks chewed on a substance made from the resin of the Mastic tree. Native Americans were also known to have chewed on a substance made from the resin of Spruce trees. This practice continued until the early 19th century and is known as one of the first examples of modern chewing gum. Americans began manufacturing gum in the mid 1800's by adding paraffin wax to make the gum softer and last longer. During the late 1800's the industry leaders that we know today, William Wrigley Jr.(Wrigley), Henry Fleer (Chiclets) and Franklin Channing (Dentyne gum),entered the business. Today millions of people enjoy chewing gum and every year over $4 billion of chewing gum products are sold worldwide.

Chewing gum has been popular in America since it's creation in the mid 1800's and has been marked by periods of strong growth and decline throughout the 20th century. The overall success of the industry can be attributed to low manufacturing costs and aggressive marketing campaigns. One of the trends that the gum companies were able to take advantage of was America's obesity fears associated with traditional candy items. With Americans becoming more health conscious the first sugar-free chewing gum was created in the late 1940s. Gum manufactures were easily able to market gum as being good for you. According to Global Business Insights, sugar-free and functional gum products will experience compound annual growth rates 9.5 and 5.5 percent in the U.S until 2010. In comparison, sugar confectionery such as lollipops and sweets will grow at 1.5 percent over the same time period in the U.S.

Another trend gum manufactures were able to use to their advantage was using chewing gum as an alternative to smoking. In the early 1990s smoking was being outlawed in more public places allowing gum manufactures to position their products as substitutes for smoking cigarettes. Taking this position resulted in a 1.3 percent average annual rise is gum sales from 1986 to 1992.

The idea behind the development of the WraperZ product is to captivate chewing gum lovers who have recognized the chewing gum littering issue and therefore have a need for this product.With some 374 billion pieces of chewing gum being sold worldwide annually  chewing gum clean up cost are sky rocking! Even if 95 percent of all gum chewers disposed of their gum properly, that still leaves 18.7 billion pieces of improperly discarded gum to be found on sidewalks, park benches, underneath chairs and tables, and even on clothes. In London, England, it is estimated that 65 percent of the streets have chewing gum on them. The removal cost is estimated to be a whooping $222 million a year.

Many companies worldwide have focused on finding easier, more cost effective ways of helping control gum pollution. Some companies have focused on the gum itself, working to create a removable and biodegradable gum. Some progress has been made, but it is still far from being solved.

Until then, the WraperZ product offers an immediate, environmentally friendly solution to gum pollution prevention. Not only that it will prompt chewing gum lovers to chew their gum, wrap it and then dispose of it properly, but it is also an innovative advertising medium, that fits in every pocket, every car, every window display. 

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