The price to pay for every chewing gum dropped on the road made everyone startled

Because chewing gum can bring more disastrous consequences than we can imagine.

Chewing gum is a great invention of mankind. Why? Because it has so many great uses, such as increasing concentration, reducing stress, even improving memory.

Not to mention, there have been many studies proving that chewing gum can help cope with smoking - a problem of many countries for decades. And after all, sometimes you are chewing candy while reading this article.

However, the following facts may make you no longer want to chew candy. Because.

Waste from gum residues is more than scrap tires

Gum residue is one of the two most common types of waste worldwide.

Gum residue is one of the two most common types of waste globally , next to the cigarette filter. It is estimated that every year people worldwide produce 560,000 tons of candy.

In fact, compared to other types of waste, this number is quite small. For example, plastic waste - each year in the US alone is 29 million tons. The tire industry here is 3 million tons, equivalent to 290 million tires.

Why must be compared to America? Because this is one of the most tire-consuming countries in the world. But the problem is that the amount of tires released can be recycled, and only 10% - 300,000 tons of tires - are present at the landfill.

Chewing gum is thrown everywhere and not recycled.

Meanwhile, when was the last time you dumped candy in a recycling bin? Well, don't lose your mind, do anything, because chewing gum can be recycled!

That is, all 560,000 tons of candy will go straight to the landfill, or to the street, or under the table, under the chair. In short, wherever it is, but this is a recyclable waste.

And the story doesn't stop there .

Unable to recycle, chewing gum also has other unwanted side effects for mankind.

The first problem comes from candy ingredients . Rubber is a non-biodegradable material, and chewing gum is now made of artificial rubber , which can be said to be permanently out of nature. That is, basically, 560,000 tons of garbage will exist in the environment every year, unless collected and destroyed.

A lot of people in the world have a habit of releasing messy candy.

Next is the problem from human consciousness . The truth is a lot, emphasizing that a lot of people in the world have a habit of releasing indiscriminate candy. You can see candy residue everywhere, from tables, chairs, by windows, on the road, or even on your buttocks if you encounter a father who plays evil.

And the story here is, you can spend a few thousand dollars to buy a piece of candy, but the government has to spend about . 60,000 dong to pry a chunk of gum on the road.

It costs up to 3 USD per candy streak .

For example, in London, in order to serve the 2012 Olympics, the city had to spend money to clean more than 300,000 candies, stretching over 3km of sidewalks. They cost up to 3 USD (about 60,000 VND) for a candy spot, ie a total of about 900,000 USD (about 20 billion VND) was left because of human consciousness. And this is not London's problem, but in many major cities in the world.

Just a little conscious, that $ 900,000 has been used for a better purpose.

Just think, just a little conscious , that $ 900,000 has been used for a better purpose, such as building public services, saving millions of hungry stomachs in the world, or at least helping yourself. You have to bear a useless tax.