Campaigners Demand Ban on Plastic Gum

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EDITORIAL USE ONLY A ‘Chew Plants Not Plastic’ campaign bus is unveiled at Parliament Square as part of a petition calling for a ban on plastic chewing gum and hidden synthetic polymers in regular gum brands, led by plastic-free chewing gum company Nuud Gum in partnership with plastic pollution charity City to Sea. Picture date: Monday March 3, 2025. PA Photo. Chewing gum often contains polyethylene (plastic bags), polyvinyl acetate (PVA glue), and butadiene-styrene rubber (car tyres). The 12-tonne bus represents the total gum chewed and discarded in the UK. The protest, part of the Chew Plants Not Plastic campaign, follows a lack of response from Environment Secretary Steve Reed to an open letter with over 25,000 signatures calling for government action.
EDITORIAL USE ONLY A ‘Chew Plants Not Plastic’ campaign bus is unveiled at Parliament Square as part of a petition calling for a ban on plastic chewing gum and hidden synthetic polymers in regular gum brands, led by plastic-free chewing gum company Nuud Gum in partnership with plastic pollution charity City to Sea. Picture date: Monday March 3, 2025. PA Photo. Chewing gum often contains polyethylene (plastic bags), polyvinyl acetate (PVA glue), and butadiene-styrene rubber (car tyres). The 12-tonne bus represents the total gum chewed and discarded in the UK. The protest, part of the Chew Plants Not Plastic campaign, follows a lack of response from Environment Secretary Steve Reed to an open letter with over 25,000 signatures calling for government action.
EDITORIAL USE ONLY Protest at LondonÕs Parliament Square as part of a petition calling for a ban on plastic chewing gum and hidden synthetic polymers in popular gum brands, led by plastic-free chewing gum company Nuud Gum in partnership with plastic pollution charity City to Sea. Picture date: Monday March 3, 2025. PA Photo. Chewing gum often contains polyethylene (plastic bags), polyvinyl acetate (PVA glue), and butadiene-styrene rubber (car tyres). The 12-tonne bus represents the total gum chewed and discarded in the UK. The protest, part of the Chew Plants Not Plastic campaign, follows a lack of response from Environment Secretary Steve Reed to an open letter with over 25,000 signatures calling for government action.
EDITORIAL USE ONLY Protest at LondonÕs Parliament Square as part of a petition calling for a ban on plastic chewing gum and hidden synthetic polymers in popular gum brands, led by plastic-free chewing gum company Nuud Gum in partnership with plastic pollution charity City to Sea. Picture date: Monday March 3, 2025. PA Photo. Chewing gum often contains polyethylene (plastic bags), polyvinyl acetate (PVA glue), and butadiene-styrene rubber (car tyres). The 12-tonne bus represents the total gum chewed and discarded in the UK. The protest, part of the Chew Plants Not Plastic campaign, follows a lack of response from Environment Secretary Steve Reed to an open letter with over 25,000 signatures calling for government action.
EDITORIAL USE ONLY A ‘Chew Plants Not Plastic’ campaign bus is unveiled at Parliament Square as part of a petition calling for a ban on plastic chewing gum and hidden synthetic polymers in regular gum brands, led by plastic-free chewing gum company Nuud Gum in partnership with plastic pollution charity City to Sea. Picture date: Monday March 3, 2025. PA Photo. Chewing gum often contains polyethylene (plastic bags), polyvinyl acetate (PVA glue), and butadiene-styrene rubber (car tyres). The 12-tonne bus represents the total gum chewed and discarded in the UK. The protest, part of the Chew Plants Not Plastic campaign, follows a lack of response from Environment Secretary Steve Reed to an open letter with over 25,000 signatures calling for government action.
EDITORIAL USE ONLY A ‘Chew Plants Not Plastic’ campaign bus is unveiled at Parliament Square as part of a petition calling for a ban on plastic chewing gum and hidden synthetic polymers in regular gum brands, led by plastic-free chewing gum company Nuud Gum in partnership with plastic pollution charity City to Sea. Picture date: Monday March 3, 2025. PA Photo. Chewing gum often contains polyethylene (plastic bags), polyvinyl acetate (PVA glue), and butadiene-styrene rubber (car tyres). The 12-tonne bus represents the total gum chewed and discarded in the UK. The protest, part of the Chew Plants Not Plastic campaign, follows a lack of response from Environment Secretary Steve Reed to an open letter with over 25,000 signatures calling for government action.

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