What I read
In "World Hacks: A surprising new afterlife for chewing gum", Dougal Shaw (2018)
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My response
I think the chewing gum is a sticky substance like rubber, but I just know that it is really rubber. It was so amazing that she recycled it to a glass of water (I knew some people use it a little to make a boots waterproof but it was a glass of water is the first time), so I thought it would have smelled and it did not make sense to use it. But it looks good and I want to try to use it.
Currently there are many recycled products, it is a good idea to recycle garbage for something new and useful because the world is suffering from global warming and global waste. If we can bring garbage such as bags or bottles of plastic and foam which is important to make the global warming, it was recycled to new thing. I think it's good for the world. So I think we should more promote and support the recycle innovation, it is to reduce global warming .
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My question
Do you agree with the recycling of chewing gum? And what do you think of other than making a glass of water?
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Reference
- Shaw, D. (2018, March 6). World Hacks: A surprising new afterlife for chewing gum. BBC News. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-43198104
Like Mon, I was surprised to learn that chewing gum actually contains synthetic rubber. I almost never chew it, but every now and then, about twice a year, I enjoy a chew of sugar-free gum.
ReplyDeleteRecycling it? I'm not sure how that works, but if someone can make money by doing that, then I guess it's an efficient way to produce products. I would have guessed that the recycling costs more, and perhaps uses up more electricity and other resources, than simply throwing it away and making products out of fresh gum. I think I'll continue to spit my two or three bits of gum a year into a tissue and throw them in with the rest of my garbage. My condo. doesn't have a special bin for recycling used chewing gum.
It was an interesting post, Mon. I enjoyed reading and responding to it with my afternoon coffee.
I knew that gum is made of plastic, I mean synthetic rubber, for many years ago. More than that, it's flammable. I am so frightened to chew gum since then. For the idea of recycling chewing gum, it sounds good but it will be better to transform it into other objects that are not food containers.
ReplyDeleteI knew beforehand that gum and plastic are somehow related. However, I was surprised - as stated in news title - that it can be recycled. I respect the designer who has a great creativity and brave enough to made them into cups
ReplyDeleteI guess that those cups will pass the process of decontamination and cleaning but they still remind me the origin of them. So I agree with Yok's comment above that it should be recycled into something else but not food containers. Bins, shoe and others should be more feasible in my opinion.
That is a good idea to recycle chewing gum because most of western people prefer to chew it almost of time. Also, somebody throws it to roads, benches and floor that it is the big trouble. Therefore, it must be fantastic if scientists can change the un-useful wastes to the things which humans can use. In my opinion, if they are built to be the glass, I will feel disgusting absolutely. They might be turn it into the shoes or wheels that might make sense.
ReplyDeleteThe article which you chose to write it is so interesting. I love it.
I totally agree that chewing gum should be recycled. However, I do not think that it should be a water glass because it looks
ReplyDeletepetty disgusting, I don't want to use that glass haha. But I think, others things can be made from chewing gum.