Article: Government must act to clean up chewing gum mess - Armstrong.

Article: Chewing gum tax urged t o clean up city ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  April 21, 2005 ;     657 words ... ... country to officially call for a chewing gum tax. The city council believes a ... city's streets of discarded chewing gum. At next Wednesday's meeting ... clean-up bill for discarded chewing gum. Council leader Mike Storey ...

Article: CHEWING GUM TAX DEMAND; Plea to fund ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  February 23, 2005 ;     560 words ... ... leading cities yesterday demanded a chewing gum tax to help councils find millions ... by Keep Britain Tidy revealed chewing gum makes up more than 60 per cent ... on the environment, said: 'Chewing gum that is spat on to the street ...

Article: Chewing gum tax to help keep streets ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  February 23, 2005 ;     650 words ... ... calls for a penny-a-packet chewing gum tax to help it meet street cleaning ... on the environment, said: ``Chewing gum that is irresponsibly spat on ... Confectionery Association, said: ``The chewing gum industry takes the issue of gum ...

Article: Chewing gum tax could help clean streets; ...
Evening Times;  July 16, 2003 ;     543 words ...A SCHEME to tax chewing gum could be introduced to help pay for ... the government in Ireland against chewing gum, polystyrene food wrappers and cash ... On-the-spot fines for dropping chewing gum and litter were recently increased ...

Article: Call for chewing gum tax to clean up city
Evening News - Scotland;  May 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ...A TAX on chewing gum is being proposed to cover the high ... We should look at putting a tax on chewing gum to pay for the expensive cleaning ... It is a growing problem. Removing chewing gum from pavements is difficult, time ...

Article: Chewing gum tax plan gets go-ahead.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  April 28, 2005 ;     494 words ... ... city in the country to levy a tax on chewing gum to fund the cost of cleaning it from ... vote will have no immediate impact on chewing gum prices in the city, councillors hope ... year clean-up bill for discarded chewing gum, Council leader Mike Storey, who made ...

Article: STICKIN' IT TO US WITH A CHEWING GUM TAX OUT ...
Dayton Daily News;  February 13, 2003 ;     571 words ... ... generate even more money for the state's coffers? How about chewing gum? In Singapore, the country made famous for caning Michael ... painting cars (spray paint! Another dandy thing to tax!), chewing gum is illegal. Rather than make it illegal, why don't we ...