![Iceland becomes first UK supermarket to sell plastic-free, biodegradable chewing gum | The Independent | The Independent Iceland becomes first UK supermarket to sell plastic-free, biodegradable chewing gum | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2018/08/01/10/sir-malcolm-walker-simply-gum-landscape.jpg?quality=75&width=982&height=726&auto=webp)
Iceland becomes first UK supermarket to sell plastic-free, biodegradable chewing gum | The Independent | The Independent
The Guernsey Weigh - NATURAL CHEWING GUM (New in!) Did you know that nearly all regular chewing gum actually contains a polymer, a type of plastic also found in your car tyres?
![TIL that most chewing gum made since WWII is based with synthetic petroleum polymers, making it non-biodegradable. Gum is the 2nd most littered object, and is expensive and time consuming to clean TIL that most chewing gum made since WWII is based with synthetic petroleum polymers, making it non-biodegradable. Gum is the 2nd most littered object, and is expensive and time consuming to clean](https://external-preview.redd.it/T9mMQz7rMcCyh1lR7-ffoKSl9Kl8v-9GLooKfb4aCBM.jpg?auto=webp&s=e473b4b7ea3ba1c9074a3a988e23b53ea4a5a759)