Chewing Gum Removal
Keeping public areas clean is essential for making that first good impression. Community Clean takes pride in restoring pedestrian precincts, pedestrian footways, car parks, retail parks, supermarket areas and any other surface that needs chewing gum removal/cleaning. Our teams work safely and efficiently to remove general grime, chewing gum and deep staining - restoring the areas to their original condition; on average we clean over 100,000 m2 per year.
The Facts - Did you know?
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There are an estimated 20 million chewers in the UK
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Over 935 million packs of chewing gum are sold each year
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It costs 3p per stick to buy and 10p to prise off the streets
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The average cost to clean up gum from a town centre is £20k
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The chewing gum market is currently valued at £322 million
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Encams promote Magic Coteas best practice
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An Encams Local Environmental Quality Survey of England 2003, showed that the issue of people dropping gum affects 67% of all areas
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Chewing gum is now classed as litter
"As part of Community Clean's comprehensive services, we can also organise open days, mail shots, PR and advertising in partnership with our clients to help keep the public fully informed."Sharon Parker - Sales & Marketing Manager
How do we remove the gum?
Having recognised that this is a world-wide problem an extensive market research operation was set up to examine the various methods that have been tried to solve the problem.
After identifying the flaws in other processes, Community Clean had to adopt a system that gave better results. Our system is:
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Environmentally friendly, using a biodegradable, vegetable based solution
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Gentle on surfaces, low pressure/high temperature steam system
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Quiet operation
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Water efficient, using only 40 litres of water per day
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Quick operation, cleaning 500-800sqm of pavement per day
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Allows pedestrian flow
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Ergonomically accepted
An average jet wash system being used for 5 hours a day to remove gum uses 22,500 litres of water per week, the Mirage System uses 200 litres per week; a massive saving of 22,300 litres in just one week!
What can be done to tackle the problem?
There are a number of approaches to dealing with chewing gum litter including:
Pavement Protection - click here to check out the Magic Cote blog.
Case Studies
Other related services
Get to know us better
CLICK HERE now to see what Andy, Martin and Sharon have to say about Community Clean in our new company video. We hope this will help you get to know us a little better and provide a clearer picture on the wide variety of services we provide.
Call the chewing gum removal experts
The Community Clean team are experts in the removal of chewing gum. Contact us today to discuss your needs with one of our team.
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