This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Petition Force chewing gum companies to contribute to clean-up costs through a tax on its manufacture
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Dropping chewing gum is littering and it is disgusting. If we can get rid of the gum from the streets our towns and cities will be a more pleasant place to live and to visit.
Often the worst areas are outside takeaways, where people drop their gum before buying food. There is a £70 fine if you are caught dropping it but this is an ineffective deterent because you rarely see anyone doing it.
Quoting Cllr David Smith, from Bournemouth Council: “It is a blatantly obvious solution to the problem.”
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