Chewing gum pollutes streets in England as high as 87%, Britain begins to levy chewing gum "clean-up fees"-Chinanews.com

　　A recent survey conducted by an environmental protection organization in the United Kingdom showed that 87% of the streets in England alone are polluted by chewing gum. People often step on the sticky things when they go out shopping, and cleaning up this special garbage costs an extra amount of money every year. One million pounds.

　　After consultations, the government ordered the three major food giants in the UK-Mars Foods, GlaxoSmithKline, and Van Melle to set up a "Gum Working Group" and jointly pay the government a "clean-up fee" of 10 million pounds in the next 5 years. .

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