Is this rainforest chewing gum can be our eco-friendly chum? Chicza rainforest gum is the first biologically degradable chewing gum in the world. According to its manufacturers its organic gum is able to decompose approximately within six weeks, making it a real eco-friendly product. Newly manufactured gum claims to be non-adhesive product, something that ordinary gums can not boast. This incredible gum innovation contains no petrochemicals and is the natural gum made from natural ingredients taken from the chicozapote tree grown in the Mexican rainforest. UK local authorities spend about £150m a year to clean up its streets from the common gums every year. Once the organic gum is discarded, there is not any danger to the earth so it seems to partly meet the world’s sustainable requirements. The new rainforest chewing gum is also said to be able to improve compost’s quality. Artificial chewing gums contain about 5-7% of gum base with the rest of the gum to be artificial. Besides, they are made of petrol-based polymers that make them eco-unfriendly products.
Brand new Chicza contains 40% organic-based gum. The new eco-friendly chewing gum is reported to be able neither to stick to clothes nor to pavements. The manufacturer of a new eco-friendly chewing gum called Consorcio Chiclero (Gum Consortium) has 46 co-operatives with about 2000 farmers farming the area of 1.3 million hectares of rain forest. These farmers from the Mayan rain forest aptly wield their machetes, enabling the sap to be collected from the bark.
The chicozapote trees are reported to produce a natural product for their rain forest chewing gum. If carefully managed, Chicozapote tree can live for up to 300 years with a possibility to produce gums. Once the rainy season begins, farmers are ready to climb the 100 feet high chicozapote trees to produce free of petroleum chewing gums with flavors of wild mint, heirloom lime and spearmint. It is available at Mexican restaurants and British supermarkets and costs £1.39 and contains 12 squares.
