A way cool gum recycling bin
In some earlier posts, we’ve explored the importance of proper gum disposal and the growing world of gum recycling bins to help meet that need.
Above is a really cool chrome one from our friends at Gummy Bins, a company more generally known for their more whimsical gum bin offerings:
In North America, Gummy Bin (which is a company that, perhaps unsurprisingly, began in the UK), has Recycle Media as its exclusive distributor. the company is a full service environmental advertising and marketing company, which does a lot of really great stuff that promotes the importance of recycling and re-use (to explore more of what they do, click here).
The section of their site that features Gummy Bins offers some haunting statistics on gum use (and abuse) in the United States, noting that discarded gum in the United States is now considered one of the most difficult forms of litter to remove in urban centers. Among the facts, figures and theories they include are these:
- The cost for gum removal is roughly US$2 to $3 per discarded piece of gum
- Gum chewers in the US buy US$2 billion of gum each year
- The majority of discarded chewing gum never reaches the litter bin
So, at the risk of sounding schoolmarmish, do remember that unwrapped gum belongs in one of two places: in your mouth or in the garbage (or, perhaps increasingly, in the Gummy Bin).